Support for Merkel lowest in years, antyislamiści gain – Polish Radio

Last year in Germany reached more than 1,139 million refugees Photo: PAP / EPA / RAINER JENSEN

Angela Merkel said that many years ago, you had to deal with the problem of migration to Europe. In an interview with German daily “Sueddeutsche Zeitung”, the head of the German government acknowledged that even her country blocked in the past, the necessary reforms.

– After the assumed wave of refugees after the wars in the Balkans, found the problem solved – pointed .

German Chancellor recalled that already in 2004 to Europe were coming many refugees, but the case was left Spain and other countries at the external border of the Community.

Merkel said that Berlin defended then before proposals Chapter refugees and did not support plans for better protection of the Schengen area.

 
According to Chancellor solution to the problem requires sealing the external borders of Europe and support for the countries of North Africa and Turkey.

– It’s a long-term project – she noted. – Germany and the European Union will need a lot of patience and perseverance in overcoming the crisis – she added.

In an interview with the head of the German government opposed the merger last wave of refugees from terrorism. As said terrorism was in Germany before.

– untrue to claim that terrorism flows to Europe with refugees – stressed.

She assured, too, that the integration of hundreds of thousands of refugees Germany Germany remain, though the country probably will change. She further added that Germany always changing.

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Bavarian newspaper will publish an interview with the German Chancellor on Thursday, exactly a year the convention of the ruling CDU. It is here that Angela Merkel has called on Germans to accept a wave of refugees.

More than a million refugees

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last year in Germany reached more than 1,139 million refugees – according to data from the Federal Statistical Office.

Thanks to the record immigration, the population of Germany in 2015 amounted to 82.2 million people, or 1.2 percent. more than in the previous year. It is the largest single increase since German reunification in 1990.

Without immigration the population of the state in 2015 would decrease because of 188 thousand. more people died during this period than was born.

In addition to refugees from war-torn regions and crisis regions in Germany went well as many citizens of other European Union member states seeking jobs.

German Research Institute for Labour Market and labor force estimates that the entire 2016 years to Germany coming from 300 to 400 thousand. refugees.

This number can, however, be greater if the changed political conditions – eg. if torn agreement on the influx of immigrants concluded between the European Union and Turkey or if reopened Balkan route.

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