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Welcome to Germany: Part 1

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A group of refugee students take part in a coding class taught by Refugee on Rails, Berlin, August 2016
A group of refugee students take part in a coding class taught by Refugee on Rails, Berlin, August 2016 Christina Okello/RFI
By: Christina Okello Follow

Germany took in more than one million migrants last summer and the country is facing a big societal challenge in dealing with this enormous influx. One way migrants are being integrated is through coding schools, like Refugee on Rails. In this first part series, RFI's Christina Okello went to meet these refugee coders and the volunteers who are teaching them: