Online University For Refugees Opens In Berlin As Flow Of Migrants Continues

NPR | By Esme Nicholson

Published October 16, 2015 at 4:23 PM EDT

An online university based in Berlin opened Thursday where refugees can begin to earn bachelor's degrees, even if they lack the documents required to start a regular college.

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