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France has allotted 500 places for Syrian refugees, and Spain just
30, while 18 EU member states, including the United Kingdom and Italy,
have not proposed any places at all. To date, 55,000 refugees have
reached Europe and requested asylum, that number representing just
2.4% of the total number of refugees. Another point of criticism in the
Amnesty International is that despite human rights violations against
refugees in Europe in 2012 and the border policies imposed, the Euro-

pean Union was still awarded the Nobel Peace prize. Thorbjoern
Jagland, head of the Nobel Committee, said that the EU had been con-
sidered worthy of the prize because of its contributions to human rights,
peace and democracy over the last 60 years.

Germany has opened its doors to
some of the refugees who want to
seek asylum in the country. How-
ever this time the refugees en-
countered the reactions of many
Germans. The refugees are not
comfortable due to the many
counter-demonstrations in the
country where they seek asylum.
Below: German Right-Wing Union
is organizing a demonstration
against refugees in Munich.

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