Bayern Munich donate $1.1 million to help refugees

    By Tom McGowan, CNN

    Updated 1530 GMT (2330 HKT) September 3, 2015

    Real Madrid have become the latest European football team to announce it will be donating money to help migrants arriving in Europe.
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    Real Madrid have become the latest European football team to announce it will be donating money to help migrants arriving in Europe.
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    The Spanish giant stated Saturday it would provide $1.1 million for refugees arriving in Spain.
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    The Spanish giant stated Saturday it would provide $1.1 million for refugees arriving in Spain.
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    Club president, Florentino Perez, spoke with Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy before confirming the move, a Real Madrid statement said.
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    Club president, Florentino Perez, spoke with Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy before confirming the move, a Real Madrid statement said.
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    Earlier this week, Bayern Munich revealed it would also donate $1.1 million to help migrants arriving in the German city. The Bundesliga club said it plans to set up a training camp for some of the thousands that have crossed into Germany via Hungary and Austria as well.<br />
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    Earlier this week, Bayern Munich revealed it would also donate $1.1 million to help migrants arriving in the German city. The Bundesliga club said it plans to set up a training camp for some of the thousands that have crossed into Germany via Hungary and Austria as well.
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    "Bayern sees it as its social responsibility to help those fleeing and suffering children, women and men, to support them and accompany them in Germany," the club's chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said in a statement.<br /> <br />
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    "Bayern sees it as its social responsibility to help those fleeing and suffering children, women and men, to support them and accompany them in Germany," the club's chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said in a statement.

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