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Merkel's Popularity Dips As Refugee Crisis Worsens

   10/14/2015 10:28 am ET | Updated Oct 19, 2015
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   Germany's government hasn't been able to agree on an answer to the
   influx of refugees.

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   Deutschlandfunk radio: "No! We shouldn't talk about the failure of the
   coalition every time (there is an argument)."

   A Forsa poll showed support for Merkel's conservatives had dropped one
   percent to 38 percent, its lowest level since June 2014.

   Merkel is trying to steer a course between pressure from her
   conservatives - especially the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU),
   sister party of her Christian Democrats (CDU) - to take a harder line
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   Finland's Prime Minister Offers Up Home
   Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila said on Sept. 5 that refugees and
   asylum seekers would be welcome to stay in his house in the north of
   the country from early 2016 onwards. Reuters reports that
   Finland expects about 30,000 asylum seekers to enter the country in
   2015.
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   Finland's Prime Minister Offers Up Home
   Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila said on Sept. 5 that refugees and
   asylum seekers would be welcome to stay in his house in the north of
   the country from early 2016 onwards. Reuters reports that
   Finland expects about 30,000 asylum seekers to enter the country in
   2015.
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   Vatican Parishes Take In Refugee Families
   Pope Francis announced on Sept. 6 that the Vatican's two parishes would
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   volunteers even built a library within the camp, named "Jungle Books."
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   Lebanon Offers Free Education To Syrian Refugee Children
   On Sept. 21, Lebanon's government announced it would provide free
   education for up to 100,000 Syrian refugee children, with help from the
   United Nation's refugee agency UNHCR and children's fund UNICEF.
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   German Company Refuses To Deliver Razor Wire To Hungary
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   overly packed wooden boat.
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   Google Matched $5.5 Million In Online Donations
   Google announced on Sept. 15 that it would match $5.5 million in
   donations to organizations helping with the migrant and refugee crisis
   until it reached its goal of $11 million. Google managed to achieve
   this within two and a half days.
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   Greek Startup Teams Up With Humanitarian Organization To Send Supplies
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