Cities Can Help Refugees Simply By Enabling Citizens To Be Empathetic
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Despite vocal anti-refugee sentiment from politicians, when given the chance, many people will step up to help new members of their community.
Despite vocal anti-refugee sentiment from politicians, when given the chance, many people will step up to help new members of their community.
Earlier this year, as the German city of Hamburg struggled to find homes for its huge influx of refugees, many of them from Syria, it turned to its residents. In its HafenCity University, it built a big interactive model of the whole city and asked people to come and point out places in their neighborhood where they could fit in more shelters.