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"Even if the tents are heated, you would still need to leave the tent and
shower in the snow."

   10/16/2015 06:00 pm ET | Updated Oct 17, 2015
     * Jürgen Klöckner, Susanne Klaiber, Tobias Böhnke, Lea Kosh HuffPost
       Germany

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   Thousands of refugees in Germany are living in tents and could freeze
   as winter sets in.

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   The federal government is optimistic. "Our hope is that no refugee
   would freeze to death in Germany," Thomas Strobl, chairman of the
   governing Christian Democratic Union party, told HuffPost Germany.
   However local and state politicians paint a more alarming picture.
   [56214b0712000026007e5521.jpeg] Sean Gallup/Getty Images Thousands of
   refugees in Germany are living in tents and could freeze as winter sets
   in.

   Rhineland-Palatinate: "The situation has been ignored for far too
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   difficult,” Antje Möller, refugee policy spokeswoman for the Green
   parliamentary group in Hamburg, told HuffPost Germany. The priority in
   Hamburg, she said, is to promptly extract families and children from
   the tents.
   [56216cef1400002b003c877c.jpeg] Adam Berry/Getty Images Thousands of
   refugees in Germany are living in tents and could freeze as winter sets
   in.

   Bremen: "It's uncertain whether we can dismantle all the tents before
   winter."

   In Bremen, roughly 1,000 people currently live in tents. It's not a
   pleasant situation, but it’s also not life-threatening, according to
   Senator for Social Affairs and Inclusion Anja Stahmann, from The Green
   party. "All facilities, even those that are temporary or are used for a
   short transitional period, are heated, and the tents have solid
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   Bavaria is one of the federal states that has been hit hardest by the
   refugee crisis. Recently, Justice Minister Winfried Bausback, from the
   Christian Social Union party, warned that the "existence of the state"
   is threatened. However, the state is well-prepared for winter. Only
   1,300 refugees currently live in tents. "The problem is there, but it’s
   manageable,” he said.

   “We expect the authorities won't risk that people freeze here," Stefan
   Dünnwald of the refugee council in Bavaria said.
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