Photo: Tafel Deutschland/Dagmar SchwelleA food bank in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia has temporarily stopped accepting non-German new registrants. *The food bank which serves free meals to the poor made the decision last December and implemented it in January until further notice. Inquiries had moreover shown that older women in particular felt deterred by the large number of young, foreign men at the food bank. Prior to this time it was compulsory for them to take a one-year break after visiting the food bank for a year. *In an earlier version of this article, The Local incorrectly stated that the food bank in Essen was only catering to German citizens for the time being.

Source: The Local February 22, 2018 09:56 UTC