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Refugee Influx May Collide With Oktoberfest In Munich
[Huffpoo] Six million people are expected to descend on Munich for the city's annual Oktoberfest celebrations, which begin this weekend. But the city is also busy dealing with a surge in refugee arrivals -- 60,000 people have gotten off trains at Munich's central station in the last week alone.

Some worry that security will be compromised at Oktoberfest if police are tasked with tending to refugees, but officials are assuring visitors that 500 police officers -- the same number as in past years -- will be on hand at the festival.

For two weeks every fall, tourists and locals gather to bask in tradition and consume about 7.5 million liters of beer. Many arrive dressed in traditional lederhosen or dirndls.

Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann spoke of a situation in which war-weary refugees could be colliding in the streets of Munich with drunken revelers.

"Refugees from Muslim countries may not be used to seeing extremely drunk people in public," Herrmann said. "It might seem a bit odd to some of them, if I may say so, but this is the reality."

Posted by: Besoeker 2015-09-16
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