Merkel's conservative allies call for limit on number of refugees

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http://www.dw.com/en/merkels-conservative-allies-call-for-limit-on-number-of-refugees/a-18761007

Conservative allies of German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called for a refugee limit, as a paper predicts 1.5 million arrivals this year. Speaking on public radio, Merkel stressed that the country will be able to cope.

Merkel's conservative allies call for limit on number of refugees
05.10.2015

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During the "Interview of the Week," Merkel said that asylum procedures needed to be sped up and that borders should be better protected. The chancellor also said it was essential to deal with the reasons people were fleeing at the source, and ensure that refugees were fairly distributed around Europe.

Building fences along borders was "pointless," Merkel said, as refugees would find another way of entering Europe. "I don't think that fences help. We saw that in Hungary," she added.

Merkel also said that there would be no changes to Germany's basic asylum law and that Germany would continue to abide by the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention.

Top-selling German newspaper "Bild" on Monday reported that as many as 1.5 million asylum seekers could arrive in the country this year. The paper cited an "internal prognosis" that it said was classified as secret, without providing further details. The paper reported a likely rate of between 6,000 and 10,000 "illegal border crossings" per day in the fourth quarter of the year.