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Background information, further interviews (audio) and discussion questions. Please click the original to see the VoiceThread attached to this post.

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In our project we realized that the reasons the people come to Germany are severe. Most of the people we interviewed had a postive opinion about the refugee influx. There were also some concerns, but in relation they were little.

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In our project we realized that the reasons the people come to Germany are severe. Most of the people we interviewed had a postive opinion about the refugee influx. There were also some concerns, but in relation they were little.

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We decided to found our project on the opinions of the the people around us considering the refugees. We   interviewed refugees on the one hand and also people who work, live or simply live near to refugees about their opinions on the other hand and asked them if they had any concerns.

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We decided to found our project on the opinions of the the people around us considering the refugees. We   interviewed refugees on the one hand and also people who work, live or simply live near to refugees about their opinions on the other hand and asked them if they had any concerns.

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I can conclude from all the interviews that most of the people who are against the refugee influx are those who are older (60+) and scared that the traditions get lost.
The people who have no problem with the refugees are younger and also know some and live with them.

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But there also were negative opinions about the refugees.
I had an interview with a 70 year old man and he is generaly against the refugee influx even if he hadn't any contact with them.
He told me that he is angry because the refugees get more money than pensioners and people who get social aid.
He is also sad and angry because he thinks  that incidents like in Cologne are caused by too many migrants.

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I also had an interview with a citizen of Sprockhövel who lives near the refugee camp at our school.
He is 20 years old and comes from Germany.
He told me that he couldn't tell anything negative about the refugees because they act decently and do not make any trouble.
Firstly he was cowed by the media because in the first month there were many revolts in the refugee camps.
But now he thinks that the people  are just happy to be in a safe place and he also feels safe.

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I had several interviews with citizens of Sprockhövel and Wuppertal.
In general I can tell, that most of the people who get in contact with refugees understand why they had to leave their homes. Most of those people were teenagers and young adults.
One of them is Maria, she is 14 years old and comes from Spain. Maria is in an integration class because she has to learn German. An integration class is a class  which children and teenagers have to visit if they do not speak any German. As most of the refugees can't speak German, the children have to visit this class.
So Maria got in contact with the refugees and I asked her how the children behave and if she thinks that they can integrate into our society. She told me that most of them act pretty normal, but that there are still some who are really quiet. They might need more psychological support to integrate well.

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Salim told us about his journey to Germany. He came  to Germany via Turkey and he traveled with the neighborhood family. His mother and sister are in Germany, too, but they are far away in a refugee camp. We played football together and he can play very well.

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After my meeting Tarek we went to a refugees camp and we  talked to a little boy. His name is Salim and he is seven years old. He told us about his life in Syria and how he misses his family.

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My Arab friend Tarek  was born in Schwelm but has his roots in Syria. We talked about the current situation in Syria and vicinity.

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Now I will tell you something about the Interview I had with a refugee from Syria. He talks Kurdish with my friend an he told me about it in German. Now I will tell you in English :-)
His Name is Omar.
We can't talk more then 15 minutes, because the security of the gym, were the refugees live (Markgrafenstr. 12 Schwelm, Germany), does not allow to talk more with him. He said that it was hard to live at the Syrian border. The city is called Damascus.