Germany to Enter WAR in Syria
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has argued in favor of limiting the influx of refugees coming from the Middle East, ahead of a visit of Merkel to France on Wednesday. “That’s impossible”, the Prime Minister’s office said, offering what it says is the correct quote statement.
But he signalled that Paris was taken by surprise by Merkel’s decision: “It was not France that said: Come!”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama have both pledged to beef up their support for France in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria.
But despite Valls’ strong stance on refugees, Merkel vowed on Wednesday to continue pursuing the open-door asylum policy, despite the unprecedented security risk evident after the attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead.
The deadly Paris attacks have added fuel to the raging political debate surrounding the issue, which has divided Europe and raised fears that Islamic State militants might use Europe’s open borders to sneak into the continent.
“Definitely, she is changing the very liberal and nonconditional stance that she took in the summer when she said we will take in the Syrians, we need to”, Schwarzer said.
But the UN’s refugee agency told Reuters that talk of a decline may be “premature” amid indications that numbers climbed again on Monday and Tuesday.
“Europe must find ways to ensure that migrants are dealt with in the countries neighbouring Syria”.
With as many as 1 million refugees having arrived in Germany this year, Chancellor Angela Merkel has found herself increasingly isolated in Europe and markedly less popular at home than she was during the crisis over the euro last spring.
Mrs Merkel has previously said there was no upper limit to the right to seek asylum in Germany, although local media reports suggested her position is softening in the face of mounting internal criticism. Amongst those are Germany, France, Belgium, Luxemburg and some others, he said.
“We want to fight together against terrorism”.
Welt came up with its total by adding that number to the 758,000 recorded by the German states at the end of October.
She also reiterated her stance that Europe must take on the crisis in a peaceful manner by giving refugees salvation away from their war-stricken homelands.
Most of the migrants land in Greece by boat and then travel through Europe to more affluent countries, mainly Germany and Sweden.
Mr Valls stated that France will not accept more than 30,000 asylum seekers over the next two years.