Central Berlin has been transformed by a crush of asylum seekers since the start of August, in a heatwave. Berlin expects 45,000 asylum arrivals by the end of this year, according to local mayor Christian Hanke. <br /><br /> They gather at the LAGeSo regional social health administration headquarters, about 100 metres from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office. <br /><br /> Most of them do not speak German or English. Lodged somewhere temporarily, they come day after day to see about their case. <br /><br /> NGOs such as Moabit hilft and the charity Caritas are present, with volunteers and donations from the public also helping.<br /><br /> A woman who has converted to Islam told us: “I am in the children’s corner where I can help best, because I work at a nursery school. We go around and tell parents this is here. Mothers leave their kids or some parents stay with their children.”<br /><br /> Volunteer doctor Dinah Laubisch, on her holidays, said she comes here every day, and that other colleagues come after work or have taken days off
