A prominent ally of Germany's Angela Merkel threatened on Saturday to take her government to court over its "open doors" refugee policy as political pressure grows for the chancellor to reduce the number of new arrivals. Bavarian state premier Horst Seehofer said he would send the federal government a written request within the next two weeks to restore "orderly conditions" at the nation's borders, through which one million migrants and refugees passed last year alone. "If it doesn't Read more [...]

Follow , , , , , , , , , , Politicians within German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative alliance are planning to sign a letter airing their grievances in relation to her open-door refugee policies, dpa learned Friday.The letter, which will not be made public, is expected to land on the chancellor's desk next week, and brings together policy suggestions from party members in various parliamentary groups.The Read more [...]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel waits to give a statement during the annual Christian Social Union (CSU) Epiphany meeting in the southern Bavarian resort of Wildbad Kreuth near Munich, Germany January 6, 2016. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle By Michael NienaberBERLIN (Reuters) - A prominent ally of Germany's Angela Merkel has threatened to take her government to court over its open door refugee policy as political pressure grows for the chancellor to reduce the Read more [...]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel waits to give a statement during the annual Christian Social Union (CSU) Epiphany meeting in the southern Bavarian resort of Wildbad Kreuth near Munich, Germany January 6, 2016. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle By Michael NienaberBERLIN (Reuters) - A prominent ally of Germany's Angela Merkel has threatened to take her government to court over its open door refugee policy as political pressure grows for the chancellor to reduce the Read more [...]

Horst Seehofer taunts on the subject of refugees once again against the Chancellor: Bavaria’s Prime Minister Angela Merkel is two weeks time according to press information to change their policy. In the dispute about the refugee policy CSU Chief Horst Seehofer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has set a new ultimatum. “In the next 14 days we will ask in writing the Federal Government, to establish again legally settled arrangement on the borders”, the Bavarian Prime Minister told der SPIEGEL. Read more [...]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel waits to give a statement during the annual Christian Social Union (CSU) Epiphany meeting in the southern Bavarian resort of Wildbad Kreuth near Munich, Germany January 6, 2016. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle BERLIN (Reuters) - A prominent ally of Germany's Angela Merkel threatened on Saturday to take her government to court over its "open doors" refugee policy as political pressure grows for the chancellor to reduce the number of Read more [...]

BERLIN (TIP): An irate local politician in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria has dispatched a bus filled with dozens of refugees on a 7-hour journey to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in Berlin as a protest against her open-door refugee policy. A spokesman for Peter Dreier from the southeastern town of Landshut said that 31 refugees were making the 550 kilometre trip to the capital and were likely arrrive in the afternoon. A video on the online site of German newspaper Read more [...]

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) The latest on the continuing flow of people into and across Europe. All times local: 6:55 p.m. Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders is calling for the European Union to be united and work together to deal with the influx of refugees. The Netherlands took over the rotating EU presidency in January and Koenders says reducing the number of refugees coming is a key goal and his country's presidency will be "extremely pragmatic and operational" Read more [...]

A bus that carried 31 Syrian refugees to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in protest returned Friday to the small town that organised the road trip widely condemned as a political stunt.The Bavarian district chief behind Thursday’s journey to Berlin, Peter Dreier, had called it an “act of desperation” as his southern rural area buckled under the strain of a mass influx that brought 1.1 million migrants to Germany last year.The coach had arrived Friday evening after Read more [...]

In order to decrease migrant flow to Germany, a local government in Bavaria has requested from the federal Government to expand its so-called ‘safe countries’ list. Georgian news agency Interpressnews has released this information based on news from German publication Süddeutsche Zeitung. The initiative means that those arriving in Germany from Georgia will be refused asylum as Georgia is now considered to be a safe country. According to the article, a country where there is no political persecution Read more [...]