Merkel Under Pressure Over Refugees as Opposition Spills on to Streets
SputnikNews.com
06.10.2015
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is coming under severe pressure over her ‘open door’ policy on refugees and migrants as her Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere joined calls for a cap on the number coming into the country.
Merkel has been criticized in Germany and outside for encouraging the mass migration which has led to millions moving within Europe and the closure of borders, challenging one of the fundamental principles of the European Union — the freedom of movement.
Merkel’s personal popularity has plummeted since the start of the crisis and there have been frequent demonstrations on the streets — most recently in Dresden where around 9,000 members of the anti-migrant movement PEGIDA to rally against the country’s plans to take in people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa.
One banner at the rally read: “Merkel is guilty” accusing her of “ethnocide against the German people.”
There have also been arson attacks on asylum shelters across Germany as it struggled to deal with the massive influx of migrants and refugees. De Maiziere said:
“That’s why we have to limit the numbers and find the right balance. Our capabilities are limited.”
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