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The Chinese tourist mistaken for an asylum seeker

Newsday

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A Chinese tourist spent nearly two weeks in a German migrant hostel after mistakenly applying for asylum when he actually wanted to report a theft. Reports say the 31-year-old backpacker -- who spoke neither German nor English -- lost his wallet to a thief and instead of going to police, the man registered as a migrant and ended up in the northern town of Duelmen. Christoph Schluettermann runs the migrant hostel the Chinese young man was sent to. (German class for refugees preparing to enter university. Credit: Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

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