German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts as she addresses a news conference after a meeting with state premiers at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, January 28, 2016. REUTERS/FABRIZIO BENSCH
Reuters: Germany's Merkel says refugees must return home once war is over
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 go 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 at New Year by men of north African and Arab appearance.
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WNU Editor: Most of the refugees in Germany are there because of economic reasons .... not war. As to her comment that most of the refugees from Syria and Iraq would go home once the conflicts there had ended .... she is fooling no one. Syria and Iraq are failed states that are experiencing war and destruction on a massive scale. It is going to take years (if not decades) for this mess to sort itself out, and the last thing that a "refugee" in Germany will want to do is give up his or hers comfortable (and safe) existence in Europe for a hell-hole in Syria or Iraq.
Update: This is going to get worse .... 'Hundreds-strong' mob of masked men rampage through Stockholm station beating up refugee children in revenge attack for female asylum centre worker killed by Somali 'boy' (Daily Mail).