The Scotsman

Take a seat: Thousands of chairs assembled in front of Reichstag in nod to Greek refugee camp

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A total of 13,000 chairs are placed in front of the Reichstag building – the seat of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag in B erlin – yesterday in an action to call for the evacuation of the

Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The chairs symbolic ally stand for people actually living in Moria, as well as for the space and the readiness of cities, federal states and the civil societ y to receive those refugees. The chair installati­on is taking place in the context of the anti-racist action days by “Well Come United” and is organised by several groups such as Sea-Watch and Campact.

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