He was a Syrian refugee who couldn't speak a word of German. Now, he's the mayor of a German town.
But the wind-tossed waters also became a vast cemetery as smuggling boats packed with desperate people too often sank, stoking tensions between Turkey and Greece, who remain locked in a heated dispute over maritime boundaries and migration.
To reduce weight in the boat, he said, he had to toss his rucksack into the waters, leaving him with nothing but the clothes he was wearing. His fear only subsided, he added, when the boat touched ground on Lesbos.Christoph Schmidt / DPA via Getty Images After registering in Germany, Alshebl said, he stayed in several refugee centers, before he settled in the small town of Althengstett.
He was enthused that families who have lived in the historic region of Swabia for generations chose to back him because they liked his platform.
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