Neuruppin, Germany, Sept 27 (AFP/APP):The town of Neuruppin may be nestled in an eastern part of Germany where the far-right AfD party enjoys some of its strongest support. But it is offering to take in refugees again, five years after a huge migrant influx bitterly divided the country. “We have room for 50 to 75 people,” Jens-Peter Golde, the mayor of the 31,000-strong town, told AFP. “We are doing well here and we have the possibility (to help) people in need.” At the height of the EU’s migrant crisis in 2015, Angela Merkel announced that Germany’s borders would not be closed to any refugees, a move hailed as historic by some but blamed by others for the subsequent rise in far-right nationalism. The country has since taken in more than one million asylum seekers. The thorny issue of immigration in Europe has shot to the top of the bloc’s political agenda again, however, after a huge fire destroyed the biggest refugee camp in Greece, in Moria on the island of Lesbos. Rights activists have urged EU governments to take in the 12,000 people left without shelter in the aftermath of the blaze, again raising the contentious question of how many … Continue reading Nestled in far-right stronghold, German town opens doors to migrants