Germany

: That on top of 47,000 refugees in 2014, according to Toronto Star. Thomae was in Toronto this week to discuss how refugee groups, churches and faith groups in Germany lobbied and challenged the government to open its doors to Syrian refugees. In the first four months of this year alone about 20,000 refugees came to Germany, he says. The former director of Refugee Outreach for the Evangelical Church in Berlin and Brandenburg spoke to the Star on Monday. Another factor is the mood in society now is positive towards refugees. How were advocates able to get Germany to admit and welcome so many refugees from Syria Certain reasons and factors came together … Churches have been working for quite a number of years on the protection of refugees in Germany. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.