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"Neu hier!" - a book about refugees in Germany

Ten years ago 2015, then Chancellor Angela Merkel proclaimed “We can do it” in the face of the so-called „refugee crisis“. Since then, Germany has seen a wave of nationalism, the government has collapsed, the far right gained a foothold in parliament and hatred towards refugees has reached new heights, fed in part by incoming people due to the war in Ukraine, the turmoil in the Middle East - the “crisis” is far from over. In the face of this German Bertelsmann Stiftung asked me to portray the

lives of our new neighbors: refugees from Afghanistan to Syria and Ukraine, and find out about their fate in Germany.

The portraits here are an excerpt of my second book about refugees in Germany called "Neu hier!". Order here
Thank you to the Bertelsmann Stiftung, who made this project possible.