Germany is receiving more asylum seekers than any other EU country, with all the challenges that presents.<br /><br /> One refugee camp in Friedland in Lower Saxony, meant for 700 people, is now housing more than 3,000.<br /><br /> “There is no place to go, no place to sleep,” said one young man taking shelter there.<br /><br /> “Yesterday we slept in the restaurant (dining room). Some people slept outside, some people in the corridor. There is simply no place. It is too crowded.”<br /><br /> German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere visited the Friedland camp on Tuesday as Berlin confirmed that it would handle all Syrians’ asylum claims – thus suspending EU rules requiring those seeking refuge to apply in the first member state they enter.<br /><br /> Germany opens its gates to Syrian asylum-seekers, makes Britain look terrible http://t.co/3UXUILqoHi pic.twitter.com/lh1ex4cuX6— The Independent (@Independent) August 25, 2015<br /> <br /><br /> Friedland’s Mayor Andreas Friedrich told the minister that local people welcomed the new arrivals but ur
