Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Germany Grapples With Racism After Threats Derail Refugee's Candidacy For Parliament

Tareq Alaows stands in front of the Reichstag in Berlin. Alaows came to Germany as an asylum-seeker in 2015 and launched his campaign to run in Germany

The first Syrian refugee has withdrawn his candidacy because of racist abuse and death threats. The news was announced the same week a German comedian did a TV sketch about the election in blackface.

(Image credit: Markus Schreiber/AP)

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