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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Britain next? Migrants 'on benefits' flood German village moaning 'there's no PlayStation'

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/616883/Europe-migrant-crisis-Britain-Germany-Angela-Merkel

VILLAGERS in the sleepy German countryside say their idyllic lives have been shattered by the arrival of 750 migrants in a stark warning shot to Britain about the effects of mass migration.

By Nick Gutteridge

PUBLISHED: 10:04, Wed, Nov 4, 2015 | UPDATED: 10:33, Wed, Nov 4, 2015

Migrants arrive in Sumte, right, and disused Government offices, left

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More than 750 migrants are set to arrive in Sumte

In a chilling snapshot of what could face communities in the UK, residents of rural Sumte are bracing themselves for a crimewave after being overwhelmed by the huge number of new arrivals, who will soon outnumber them by more than seven-to-one.

Locals say there are no jobs for the migrants in their sleepy hamlet, meaning they will all end up pocketing 500 euros a month from the German government in benefits.

But astonishingly one ungrateful migrant - who claimed to have fled the Syrian capital Damascus - moaned that his new home was "boring", adding: "There's no PlayStation."

Meanwhile residents are devastated that their community has already changed forever, and railed against Angela Merkel's government who gave them "no say" over how many new arrivals they could accept.

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The first 100 migrants arrive overnight in Sumte

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Villagers will be outnumbered by the migrants by more than seven to one

Migrants receive a medical check after arriving in Sumte

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Some locals have complained migrants are being given services needed by Germans

Sumte, in eastern Germany, has been chosen to host a huge reception centre for migrants flooding into the country because it has a complex of disused government offices.

The tiny village, which has a population of just 100, was originally earmarked to take in 1,000 migrants before officials scaled the plans back.

More than 100 migrants arrived by bus overnight, with the remaining 650 expected to flood into the village in the coming days.

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The migrants will be housed in these abandoned government buildings

Beds lined up inside the new migrant centre in Sumte

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Germany is taking in record numbers of migrants

The canteen at the refugee centre in Sumte

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One of the migrants complained that the village was 'boring'

Asked what the new arrivals meant for her community, one long-standing resident lamented: "This was a peaceful quiet village, now it will change forever."

Others expressed anger that the migrants will get automatic access to housing and benefits whilst more than 300,000 Germans will be forced to spend the freezing winter on the streets.

Another neighbour, who asked not to be named, said her country "cannot cope" with the sheer numbers of migrants arriving.

This was a peaceful quiet village, now it will change forever
Villager

She said: "There are German people sleeping under bridges and they government does nothing to help them but they give everything to the refugees.

"We simply can't take in this many. Every day thousands more are coming across the border from Austria. How can we cope with these numbers?"

A local farmer added: "I said what I wanted to say but no one listened. Now I have to make the best of it.

"I will stay on my farm with my horses. I hope the refugees stay inside their centre."

A German politician is interviewed in Sumte

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Locals are outraged that they weren't consulted over the centre

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Residents fear the picturesque village will be changed forever

A vegetable honesty box next to a tree in Sumte

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The quaint village even has a vegetable honesty box - but all that will change

Yesterday one prominent German politician warned that the migrant influx has heightened tensions so much that his country is now "sliding towards anarchy".

Hansjoerg Mueller, of the Alternative for Germany party, said the European powerhouse was fast becoming a "banana republic without any government".

He made his remarks after one district leader in Bavaria personally called Mrs Merkel and told her he would put arriving migrants on buses destined for her official residence in Berlin.

In Sumte locals have accepted that they can do nothing about their new arrivals, but even supporters of Germany's asylum policy expressed bitterness that villagers were not consulted.

Former communist mayor Reinhold Schlemmer, who is one of the few villagers in favour of the new refugee shelter, said his country "should give the refugees shelter".

But the 72-year-old told MailOnline: "But no one asked us, the people who live here, if we minded. We just found out one day that a refugee centre for 1,000 was going to open up."

Germany is expected to accept up to 1.5 million migrants by the end of this year - the highest number of any European country.