介绍:
Error puts Chinese tourist in German migrant hostel
hostel /‘hɒst(ə)l/ n. 旅社，招待所，收容所
asylum /ə'saɪləm/ n. 庇护所，收容所，疯人院
migrant /‘maɪgr(ə)nt/ n. 移居者，候鸟
register /‘redʒɪstə/ v. 注册
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.
German media say the 31-year-old backpacker, who spoke neither German nor English, underwent a medical check and his fingerprints were taken. He then was given the standard papers that migrants get on arrival in Germany. He had meals at the migrant hostel and received some spending money.
A Red Cross worker later found out that the man's wallet had been stolen. But instead of going to the police the man registered as a migrant.
According to German media, the man did not get angry but left Germany saying simply that he had imagined Europe to be quite different.
