Germany's vice-chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, has raised the stakes for countries in Europe that are currently facing the refugee crisis, stating that Germany is poised to take in 500,000 refugees each year for "several years," according to The Guardian.
"I believe we could surely deal with something in the order of half a million for several years," he said. "I have no doubt about that, maybe more."
Germany has so far been the country which has welcomed the most number of refugees. The country is expecting about 800,000 asylum seekers this year alone, which is four times the number it welcomed in 2014.
The vice-chancellor also states that other European countries must accept the situation and follow suit. So far, France has already pledged to welcome 24,000 refugees within the next two years, while Britain has stated that it will be accepting 20,000 asylum-seekers over the next five years.
Nearly 20,000 refugees have arrived in Munich over the weekend, where many locals found creative and heartwarming ways to welcome them. In Dresden, a city in eastern Germany, a number of entrepreneurs launched a smartphone app that is designed to provide asylum-seekers with pertinent information, thus helping the refugees deal with bureaucracy in a very efficient manner, reported ABC News.
Meanwhile, dozens of universities across the country have also stated that refugees will be able to take classes free of charge. Among them is Humboldt Universität in Berlin, which is inviting refugees to register as guest students.
