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Photos: All over Europe, people have taken to the streets to say “Welcome, refugees”

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By Annalisa Merelli

Senior reporter based in New York City

Published September 13, 2015This article is more than 2 years old.

At the end of another week of (very small) achievements in managing Europe’s refugee crisis—the EU agreed on a quota system and US president Barack Obama said the US would house 10,000 Syrians—people marched on Sept. 12 to express their solidarity. All over Europe and in the US, signs in many languages welcoming the refugees and condemning xenophobia showed that for every refugee-hater there are compassionate fellow human beings.

Below some pictures from the rallies, in a wonderful display of polyglot empathy.

France

Reuters/Eric Gaillard

“Dignified treatment for refugees.” Nice, France

Portugal

EPA/Antonio Cotrim

Lisbon, Portugal.

UK

Parliament Square, London, UK.

The Netherlands

EPA/Bart Maat

A silent pro-refugee rally. The Hague, The Netherlands.

Austria

EPA/Georg Hochmuth

“Muslims and refugees welcome.” Vienna, Austria.

Germany

EPA/Timm Schamberger

“No one is illegal.” Nuremberg, Germany.

Greece

EPA/Alexandros Vlachos

Greek parliament, Athens, Greece.

Italy

EPA/Claudio Furlan

The “barefoot march for migrants,” Milan, Italy.

Spain

EPA/Juan Gonzales

Gijon, Spain.

Romania

Andreea Alexandru/Mediafax via AP

“Welcome to Romania.” Bucharest, Romania.

Poland

AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski

“Refugees welcome.” Warsaw, Poland.

Adam Ihse/TT via AP

Gotaplatsen, Gothenburg, Sweden.