Germany is aiming to ease deportations as the government faces intense pressure on migration
The German government has drawn up legislation to ease deportations of unsuccessful asylum-seekers and plans to discuss measures to tackle migration with the opposition as it tries to defuse what has become a major political problem
BERLIN — The German government has drawn up legislation to ease deportations of unsuccessful asylum-seekers and plans to discuss measures to tackle migration with the opposition as it tries to defuse what has become a major political problem.
Shelters for migrants and refugees have been filling up in recent months as significant numbers of asylum-seekers add to more than 1 million Ukrainians who have arrived since the start of the war in their homeland.
It’s an issue across Germany, and local and state officials have been demanding more funds from the federal government.
“It is a challenge that so many people are coming to Germany irregularly — the numbers of those who are coming as refugees today are too high,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz told ARD television late Wednesday. He said he plans to meet opposition leader Friedrich Merz and two leading state governors on Friday “so that we all pull together in the same direction.”
Rising concern over migration was one factor in poor performances for the three governing parties in a pair of state elections on Sunday. They brought two wins for Merz's conservative opposition bloc, which has assailed Scholz's government on the issue, and significant gains for the far-right Alternative for Germany party.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser herself suffered a heavy defeat in a bid to become governor of her home state, but reiterated Thursday that she plans to remain Germany's top security official in charge of the response to migration.
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