Bavarian authorities do not appear to be alone in their discontent with the German government, as the right-wing “Alternative for Germany” party (AfD) announced on Friday that it was going to take German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the court on the charge of “people smuggling” for welcoming thousands of refugees to the Germany. Dominating the low-profile meeting were the influx of migrants into Europe, the threat from ISIL and the UK’s future in the EU. Under growing domestic pressure Read more [...]

By Jack Phillips on Oct 11, 2015 with Comments 0 Bavaria threatened Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government with a court challenge to limit the number of refugees entering Germany, escalating conflict within her party bloc over her handling of the crisis. Speaking at a news conference, Bavarian state premier Horst Seehofer said “we need to restrict immigration in order to maintain the public’s solidarity with those in need of protection”. The state government Read more [...]

Germany’s vice chancellor Sigmar Gabriel on Saturday accused the Bavarian sister party of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives of playing on “fears” over refugees. Remarking on the dramatic rise of asylum seekers in the country he said, “This year, more than 490 criminal attacks have been committed against asylum centers”. Seehofer stopped short of a previous threat to close Bavaria’s borders – which as the state’s minister-president he does not have the legal power to do Read more [...]

In the German Sunday paper "Welt am Sonntag," Seehofer defended his stance, insisting that it has "nothing to do with racism and xenophobia." The Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), threatened to take the federal government to the Constitutional Court over its refugee policy last week. Speaking to German tabloid "Bild" on Friday, Seehofer also outlined Bavaria's proposed asylum reforms which include measures Read more [...]

The country's interior minister has said his office has recorded more than 490 attacks - ranging from arson to racist graffiti - on refugee shelters in 2015.Over 200,000 migrants are estimated to have entered Germany since the beginning of September, the vast majority over the Austrian border into Bavaria.About 20 percent of the refugees that have come to Germany are Syrians, with about 18 percent coming from Kosovo and 13 percent from Albania.It is unclear if Bavaria would have authority to alter Read more [...]

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