Germany’s Angela Merkel Agrees to Limits on Accepting Refugees
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Germany’s Angela Merkel Agrees to Limits on Accepting Refugees
Some voters responded by propelling the far-right party Alternative for Germany — known by its German initials, AfD — into Parliament last month, with support coming from people who had previously stayed home
and from Ms. Merkel’s conservative bloc, especially its Bavarian branch, the Christian Social Union.
9, 2017
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed to limit the number of asylum seekers allowed to enter Germany each year to 200,000, a
concession to her Bavarian partners as she tries to form a government after losing seats to the far right in elections last month.
"I would like to see how that can go along with humanitarian immigration." The numbers seeking refuge in Germany have fallen drastically during the last year, after Balkan countries began refusing people the right to cross illegally
and after Europe reached a deal with Turkey to stem the flow.
After hours of talks on Sunday that dragged into the night, Ms. Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union
and the Christian Social Union also agreed to provisions allowing the 200,000 limit to fluctuate depending on circumstances.
Simone Peter said that When you throw together asylum seekers, refugee contingents, resettlement programs
and family members joining refugees all in one pot, and then set a limit of 200,000, one group will be thrown under the bus,
With the sticky issue of how to handle the future flow of immigrants having been resolved among her own ranks, talks on forming a new government are scheduled to begin next week with the free-market Free Democrats, which welcomed the agreement,
and the environmentalist Greens, which had opposed such limits.
Some voters responded by propelling the far-right party Alternative for Germany — known by its German initials, AfD — into Parliament last month, with support coming from people who had previously stayed home
and from Ms. Merkel’s conservative bloc, especially its Bavarian branch, the Christian Social Union.
9, 2017
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed to limit the number of asylum seekers allowed to enter Germany each year to 200,000, a
concession to her Bavarian partners as she tries to form a government after losing seats to the far right in elections last month.
"I would like to see how that can go along with humanitarian immigration." The numbers seeking refuge in Germany have fallen drastically during the last year, after Balkan countries began refusing people the right to cross illegally
and after Europe reached a deal with Turkey to stem the flow.
After hours of talks on Sunday that dragged into the night, Ms. Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union
and the Christian Social Union also agreed to provisions allowing the 200,000 limit to fluctuate depending on circumstances.
Simone Peter said that When you throw together asylum seekers, refugee contingents, resettlement programs
and family members joining refugees all in one pot, and then set a limit of 200,000, one group will be thrown under the bus,
With the sticky issue of how to handle the future flow of immigrants having been resolved among her own ranks, talks on forming a new government are scheduled to begin next week with the free-market Free Democrats, which welcomed the agreement,
and the environmentalist Greens, which had opposed such limits.