Refugee children housed in German churches

Berlin

Migrant children from Syria pose in front of a Protestant church in Oberhausen, Germany. Up to 140 refugees have been landing in Oberhausen every week, this November, forcing authorities to come up with new locations to house them. City officials say they had little choice but to use the church. In early November, workers removed the altar and dozens of chairs, replacing them with metal beds, which are separated by makeshift partitions to give the church’s new residents a semblance of privacy.