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Europe's refugee crisis: the last time round it was much, much worse

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imageExpelled from their home in 1946Otto Donath/German Federal Archives, CC BY-SA

As train after train of refugees arrives in Germany, swamping the railway stations and stretching the capacities of welfare organizations, a senior Berlin-based administrator protests against the strain the newcomers are placing on the...

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