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Neubrandenburg, Germany: German Chancellor Angela Merkel tried on Saturday to placate the increasingly vocal critics of her open-door policy for refugees by insisting that most refugees from Syria and Iraq would return home once the conflicts there had ended.
Despite appearing increasingly isolated, Merkel has resisted pressure from some conservatives to cap the influx of refugees, or to close Germany's borders.
Support for her conservative bloc has slipped as concerns mount about how Germany will integrate the 1.1 million migrants who arrived last year, while crime and security are also in the spotlight after a wave of assaults on women in Cologne during New Year celebrations by men of north African and Arab appearance.
"We need ... to say to people that this is a temporary residential status and we expect that, once there is peace in Syria again, once IS has been defeated in Iraq, that you go back to your home country with the knowledge that you have gained"
originally posted by: crayzeed
a reply to: Skywatcher2011
I must say that Mrs Merkel is a stupid old fool if she really thinks that they are going to go quietly... But when that time comes they WILL be anything but Syrian.
originally posted by: bandersnatch
a reply to: Skywatcher2011
THEY WILL NOT GO PEACEFULLY....
They won't and in all fairness if they are in employment and contributing to German society, then why should they?
Unfortunately history has shown us, the German people are not very tolerant of a diverse society.
originally posted by: NeoSpartan
a reply to: Cobaltic1978
They won't and in all fairness if they are in employment and contributing to German society, then why should they?
Because they don't belong there. Because there are only so many jobs and overall they will be nothing but a strain on society and the people that are born Germans.
Unfortunately history has shown us, the German people are not very tolerant of a diverse society.
Oh please, trying to summon historic guilt as a lubrication for a royal screw-over.
I love how you are making these decisions for a country you are not even from.