Today’s Solutions: December 19, 2025

Germany has been the moral leader of the refugee crisis. With open arms and compassion, citizens have held welcome rallies, prepared food and opened up their homes to asylum seekers and migrants. One group of German volunteers set up an “Airbnb for refugees” to give them a chance to move out of mass-housing. In Berlin, Kiron University set up a crowd funding campaign to give refugees free access to higher education. “I’m happy that Germany has become a country that many people abroad associate with hope,” the German chancellor Angela Merkel said this week during a press conference. She continues to welcome refugees to Germany despite a rising anti-immigrant movement. Now here’s what you can do to help the refugees fleeing into Europe.

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