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Friday, 5 February 2016

A Nigerian migrant in Germany says he is being stopped by Police 'on every corner'

Germans are worried about the number of asylum seekers who have been allowed into the country following incidents of sexual assaults and muggings in Cologne New Year's Eve and at the city's ongoing annual festival which were mostly blamed on migrants who "looked like they were from north Africa" .
 
22-year-old Nigerian Fidelis is among more than a million migrants who arrived in Germany in 2015. According to BBC, he fled fighting in Libya and travelled to Italy before making his way to Germany nine months ago.
 

Fidelis told the BBC Newsbeat that he was stopped "on every corner" on the opening night of Cologne's annual carnival.
"I am very worried. Police have been checking my papers. They've asked me Where are you from? Are you from Africa? Can I see you papers? I'm very embarrassed"

There were protests all over Cologne in January and German Chancellor Angela Merkel made it easier to make asylum seekers who commit crimes leave the country. Thirty-five suspects are being investigated over the attacks with two men - a Tunisian and a Moroccan - charged.

Fideleis who worked at a bar in Libya, says he loves living in Germany but when he heard what happened on New Year's Eve - he knew people would treat him differently.
"I was praying to my god. I watched it on the TV station. It was like something I couldn't expect was happening by some people who I don't know. I don't know who these people are."

He thinks people should be more open minded.

"Africans are all different. You see white [people] in Africa you see black [people]. People need to see this"

Source: BBC Newsbeat
at 2/05/2016 04:52:00 pm

68 comments:

  1. STERN5 February 2016 at 16:53

    Don't you know that GERMANY has high rate of racism. You should be aware of that even before going there. DO NOT COMPLAIN.

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    1. Unknown5 February 2016 at 21:46

      Germans hate blacks. Blacks don't mind. Blacks live with them anyway, life goes on.
      -D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds

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    2. Unknown5 February 2016 at 22:05

      He should come back home

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    3. Unknown6 February 2016 at 07:34

      Germany has always been a very racially biased country...

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  2. Unknown5 February 2016 at 16:54

    Biko he should come back home.

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  3. Unknown5 February 2016 at 16:54

    May GOD! Help u

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  4. Unknown5 February 2016 at 16:55

    With a face like that? Abeg why dem no go de stop u?

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  5. Unknown5 February 2016 at 16:56

    Αи∂ worst is he doesn't know d road to Nigeria shey??? He shld stay there na













    #It WiLL oNLy gEt beTTer
    #iT MuSt eNd IN pRAisE


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  6. Unknown5 February 2016 at 16:56

    Once beaten twice shy

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  7. Eddy Ogbunambala 5 February 2016 at 16:57

    Come back 🔙 home 🏡 na if you're feeling embarrassed 😳

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  8. Anonymous5 February 2016 at 16:57

    why na?




    meenah_wakil on instagram

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  9. Anonymous5 February 2016 at 16:58

    why na?




    meenah_wakil on instagram

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  10. Pretty face5 February 2016 at 16:59

    Cone back home and I'll be as free as the birds flying in the sky

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  11. Donjazzycrush5 February 2016 at 17:00

    is that why he kept his face like that huh?







    Don~ jazzycrush

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  12. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:02

    THEY ARE NOT SERIOUS






    AUNTY LINDA....

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  13. GPD5 February 2016 at 17:03

    God will surely help you....

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  14. EKIN ROYALE [LORD PLS PICK UP MY CALL]5 February 2016 at 17:03

    Enter your comment...Eyah
    You can't really blame them, they are only being proactive.

    Linda I'm here o

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  15. YOUNGBUHARI5 February 2016 at 17:04

    Man, come home to your father's land.

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  16. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:04

    You don't have to live in Germany before you can make it, bro your life is important you need to be conscious of your security.

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  17. Na me5 February 2016 at 17:05

    change your dressing, wanabe.then see if they wont stop.

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  18. Anonymous5 February 2016 at 17:07

    how wont he be stopped by the police dressed like that!! with his face cap and a chain like that....when he is not a celebrity! see his head...

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  19. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:08

    It's as expected na...#DealwithItguy

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  20. JAYZSBOSS5 February 2016 at 17:09

    Na police country u dey so

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  21. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:10

    Eya fide soryyy

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  22. baba5 February 2016 at 17:10

    Enter your comment...NOTED BY DJ BANTI.fellow on IG@djbantiben or like my fbpage@djbanti

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  23. acid man(linda's husband)5 February 2016 at 17:11

    Wat do u expect b4...

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  24. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:12

    God will help them.Linda see to that case

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  25. Oza5 February 2016 at 17:17

    When it is said that there is no place like home, you think its a joke?

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  26. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:18

    Racial profiling?

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  27. Anonymous5 February 2016 at 17:18

    Sweet sweet home, people no where can be like home unless God leads one out of home Himself, yet you will still be ill-treated but hen you will be able to conquer at the end, just like Isaac in the face of the people of the land of the Canaanites, who had to dig well for seven times before he could get water to use (Genesis 26:1-35) and its only God that blesses when He leads you there, else you will always be a fugitive.
    We therefore need God.

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  28. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:22

    U sure say u no carry white for that chaplet, officer pls search him properly, na Yoruba boy

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  29. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:23

    Na wah oh

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  30. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:27

    Jst come back home.

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  31. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:27

    What happened on new year eve?

    LINDA MY LINDA

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  32. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:31

    Home misses u Son.
    Jst Come back Home.

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  33. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:32

    Ok

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  34. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:33

    Germany remains No.1 racist country in the world... They're like a wolf in sheep cloven.... *sipping my Andre*

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    1. Unknown6 February 2016 at 07:37

      I think better put, they're wolves in lion's skin

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  35. Anonymous5 February 2016 at 17:38

    Come back to Nigeria if u are as uncomfortable as you're saying.

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  36. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:39

    Life for u...



    AJ MAIN BOY...

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  37. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:42

    Eyahhhh if they disturb u too much,just kukuma come back to ur father's land.

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  38. Unknown5 February 2016 at 17:48

    Sorry man shit happens....

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  39. I B M bolubantin5 February 2016 at 17:50

    I feel your pain brother...

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  40. Unknown5 February 2016 at 18:07

    No be lie. They treat us like a slave still we run they like a moron..Linda observe carefully

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  41. Unknown5 February 2016 at 18:11

    I live in Germany and I must say he's been stopped every now and then because of the cologne attacks which where carried out by people from north Africa and as you said he came from north Africa(libya)

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  42. Adaobilinda her sexcellency5 February 2016 at 18:59

    Eayaaah I feel is pains

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  43. Psalmuelle aka Samstone.5 February 2016 at 19:00

    Mehn. Don't wanna be in your shoes right now. I feel your pain bro. You'll overcome by God's grace.

    #LIB ADDICT#

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  44. Unknown5 February 2016 at 19:03

    Hmmmmmmm



    #Linda'spal

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  45. Anonymous5 February 2016 at 19:12

    Welcome to the West my friend.....Africans unfortunately do not know this and instead all rhey do is glorify everything white...designer this from oyibo, rubbish noodles if no nutritional value from oyibo, tv programs of oyibo, fake accent of oyibo, every travel to oyibo land, all the images of your God oyibo and yet oyibo hate you the black man...When will the black man especially our leaders understand that our God and power and strength is in our culture and identity...If we invest all our energy and resources in our culture and motherland, there will be no reason for any African wanting to slave or work in oyibo land let alone live....

    *linda's Future Hubby*

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  46. Unknown5 February 2016 at 19:22

    Eyah you for kuku stay your country now...
    I won't blame them

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  47. Pearlie5 February 2016 at 19:41

    Please, stay where you are, Nigeria aint better joor

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  48. Unknown5 February 2016 at 20:24

    don't you have a country?...angelmakiz@yahoo.com

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  49. Unknown5 February 2016 at 20:27

    Confused

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  50. youngest billionaire5 February 2016 at 20:37

    hmmmm bad belle is allowed

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  51. Anonymous5 February 2016 at 20:46

    When he fled fighting in Libya he didnt flee to Nigeria abi? Instead he went to Europe. A beg they should deport him back here sharp sharp

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  52. Unknown5 February 2016 at 21:37

    Every country is fed up with africans...cant we develop africa and avoid this humiliation

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  53. Unknown5 February 2016 at 21:50

    Notin to do here, better stay der n hustle lik others

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  54. Unknown5 February 2016 at 21:52

    Hmmmmmmmm hope he is not killed

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  55. Unknown5 February 2016 at 22:06

    Lol..pele

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  56. Unknown5 February 2016 at 22:30

    Germans re funking racist!!!!




    #Somebody must to love me tonyt!!!

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  57. Unknown5 February 2016 at 22:46

    Whatever

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  58. Innocentia Annie5 February 2016 at 22:48

    shit happens
    You gotta deal with it dude
    Or you come back home
    Hustle is still real here

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  59. Unknown6 February 2016 at 02:02

    Oga just learn to live with it jare....Many Men for igboro won dey ur shoes joor...

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  60. Unknown6 February 2016 at 08:12

    Make he kukuma come back

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