UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, rides in a Berlin city bus, steered by a refugee from Syria who was trained as a driver. Berlins public transport company has trained dozens of refugees as drivers. The High Commissioner praised the initiative and called it a showcase for other cities in Germany and Europe.
Here: Here: In front of the German Reichstag. Filippo Grandi and Dominik Bartsch (right), Representative of UNHCR to Germany, speacks to a refugee from Syria, who was trained as a driver by the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Berlins public transport company.