BERLIN (Reuters) - An 18-year-old aslyum-seeker from Gambia has given Germany's refugee crisis an improbable new twist with a fairy-tale football performance -- scoring four headline-grabbing goals in his first match as a second-half substitute for Werder Bremen.
Tensions are rising in Germany over the surging numbers of refugees, expected to more than double to a record 450,000 this year from 200,000 in 2014. An opinion poll on Thursday found support falling for the government's pro-refugee policies.
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