in january this year, paraguay made it mandatory for all non residents entering the country to be vaccinated. since then, message boards have been filled with ways to get around the rules. michael and the hausens arrived legally and through the airport. but since the rules changed, we re told german citizens have been breaking into the country illegally through its porous borders. juan not his real name is a government official. he s risking his job to speak to us, because he s angry. he says paraguay had to change the rules because of the immigrants.
and then the mayor says something that confuses me. in january this year, paraguay made it mandatory for all non residents entering the country to be vaccinated. since then, message boards have been filled with ways to get around the rules. michael and the hausens arrived legally and through the airport. but since the rules changed, we re told german citizens have been breaking into the country illegally through its porous borders.
sanctuary here too. since then, there s been a steady stream of immigration untiljune 2021, when suddenly the numbers began to accelerate. so i made the six hourjourney from asuncion to the colonies to meet some of the new arrivals. fuhl dich wie zu hause. it means, feel like you are at home. and for thousands of germans who have arrived here in recent months, this really is home now. amongst them, the hausens two year old ella, her mum teresa, and dad stephan. they moved to paraguay in novemberfrom nuremberg. but why? laughs
like so many others, for the hausens, it was the covid 19 pandemic which pushed them to leave germany. corona might well have been the final straw for this family, but there was another reason they decided to move. we ll come back to them later.
so i made the six hourjourney from asuncion to the colonies to meet some of the new arrivals. fuhl dich wie zu hause. it means, feel like it means, feel like you it means, feel like you are at home. and for thousands of germans who have arrived here in recent months, this really is home now. amongst them, the hausens two year old ella, her mum teresa, and dad stephan. they moved to paraguay in novemberfrom nuremberg. in november from nuremberg. but in novemberfrom nuremberg. but why? laughs