You don't want to encourage the refugees to stay.

"The refugees would stay longer, instead of returning home," he said.

Most refugees stayed in wooden long houses or makeshift accommodations.

About 12,000 self-proclaimed refugees are staying in Government facilities.

But now his brother says he cannot support him any longer, and the 26-year-old Haitian refugee is staying with a woman he barely knows.

I would turn up the heat and try to restore the elected Government and meanwhile let the refugees stay here.

Germany's asylum laws are the world's most liberal, allowing virtually all refugees to stay for long periods.

Advocates for immigrants are particularly pleased that Haitian refugees who have been in this country since 1995 can stay permanently.

Estimates of how long the refugees will be staying vary.

It was also typically the first place where refugees from East Germany stayed.