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German youth hostels offer refugees winter shelter
http://www.dw.com/en/german-youth-hostels-offer-refugees-winter-shelter/a-18743952Germany's youth hostel association has offered winter accommodation for 3,800 asylum seekers alongside other guests. Half of the 800,000 refugees expected in Germany this year are under 25s.
German youth hostels offer refugees winter shelter
26.09.2015
Youth Hostel Association head Bernd Dohn told the German news agency DPA on Saturday that existing bookings for other guests had been rearranged so that whole buildings were available to refugees.
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"We have amicably rebooked other guests and decided not to take new reservations," Dohn said. "For that, many (guests) showed full understanding."
Hostel allocations for refugees were based on the needs stated by local authorities, which have scrambled in recent weeks to provide shelter in temporary and fixed rooms such as sports halls and container villages.
Dohn said the aim was to avoid refugees being left in tent camps as the weather begins to chill in the northern hemisphere.