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From welcome to wary: Europe's divide on migration

A decade of migration through the eyes of one German city.

A decade of migration through the eyes of a German city. Ten years ago Germany opened its borders to more than a million people at the height of Europe鈥檚 so-called migrant crisis. A decade later, that warm welcome has cooled as issues of culture, integration and national identity spark fierce debate across the continent. With German elections just days away, the 麻豆官网首页入口 has revisited one migrant family and the city they landed in, to see how life has changed since 2015 鈥� and what their experience says about the way Europeans now view migration.

On this episode, Jonny Dymond is joined by the 麻豆官网首页入口鈥檚 Berlin correspondent Jess Parker, and Mark Lowen, the 麻豆官网首页入口鈥檚 former southern Europe correspondent who covered the refugee crisis for years.

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Producers: Peter Goffin and Mhairi MacKenzie

Sound engineers: Hannah Montgomery and Mike Regaard

Assistant editor: Sergi Forcada Freixas

Senior news editor: China Collins

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