In the autumn of 2015,Germany designated the hamlet of Sumte as a sanctuary for hundreds of displaced people. What followed was a test of the country’s deepest principlesThere is no cinema in Sumte. There are no general stores, no pubs, and gyms,cafes, markets, or schools,doctors, florists, and auto shops or libraries. There are no playgrounds. Some roads are paved,but others scarcely distinguish themselves from the scrub grass and swampy tractor trails surrounding each house – modest plots that grade into the farmland and medieval forests of Lower Saxony. There is no meeting corridor. All is private and premodern.
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Source: theguardian.com