A German local politician who loaded a bus with refugees and sent it across the country to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in a bizarre PR stunt has come in for criticism from refugee groups.Peter Dreier, mayor of the district of Landshut in Bavaria, Germany, on Thursday dispatched a bus of 31 Syrian refugees to Berlin, seven hours away, himself travelling alongside them in a car. The local council said that those on board volunteered for the trip, according Read more [...]

An irate local politician from Germany's southern state of Bavaria took a bus carrying 31 refugees to Chancellor Angela Merkel's office in Berlin on as a protest against her open-door refugee policy. The Syrians, escorted by police on Thursday, arrived after a 550-kilometer trip outside Merkel's office, where a dozen German protesters, unconnected with them, were chanting "Merkel must go" in protest at her line on immigration. Peter Dreier, head of the southeastern town of Landshut, acted on a threat Read more [...]

By our dpa-correspondent and Europe Online         Berlin (dpa) - 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 Read more [...]

Peter Dreier, head of the southeastern Bavarian town of Landshut, sent a bus packed with 31 refugees to Angela Merkel’s office in Berlin in a protest against the government’s migrant policy, German TV channel N24 reported. The refugees were put on a bus in the town of Landshut and sent on a seven-hour journey to the German capital. Earlier, Dreier said that if Germany is ok accepting one million refugees his district would accept only 1,800. The rest, he said, will be packed in buses Read more [...]

Posted January 15, 2016 21:51:50 Photo: A bus with refugees arrives outside Angela Merkel's office after a seven-hour trip from the town of Landshut. (Reuters: Fabrizio Bensch) An irate politician in the German state of Bavaria has sent a bus packed with 31 Syrian refugees to Chancellor Angela Merkel's office in protest against Read more [...]

BERLIN — A bus carrying 31 Syrian refugees arrived from southern Germany in Berlin on Thursday night as a district councilor in Bavaria followed up on his pledge to Chancellor Angela Merkel that he’d send refugees her way if his district could no longer provide accommodation for them.The act came amid ongoing concerns about how Germany will deal with the 1.1 million asylum-seekers that flooded in last year. Peter Dreier, a Landshut district councilor, said he wanted to “send a sign that refugee Read more [...]

Landshut district administrator Peter Dreier loaded the group of refugees onto a bus on Thursday and packed them off to Berlin, fulfilling a promise he had made to the Chancellery last autumn. The men from Syria are all recognized as having legitimate claims to asylum in Germany, but are currently put up in temporary accommodation usually reserved for those whose applications are still being processed. Dreier said that the bus journey was an "act of desperation" to show that there were no Read more [...]

PanARMENIAN.Net - A Bavarian mayor angry about Germany's asylum policy has sent a busload of Syrian migrants to Chancellor Angela Merkel's office in Berlin. But he has ended up paying for their accommodation in the capital himself, BBC News reports. Peter Dreier, mayor of the district of Landshut, said he wanted to "send a signal" that Germany's asylum policies could not continue as before. The bus arrived in Berlin on Thursday, Jan 14 evening. All those on board volunteered to make the journey, Read more [...]

Image copyrightReuters Image caption The refugees on board the bus looked anxious as they waited outside the chancellery building A Bavarian mayor angry about Germany’s asylum policy has sent a busload of Syrian migrants to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in Berlin. But he has ended up paying for their accommodation in the capital himself. Peter Dreier, mayor of the district of Landshut, said he wanted to “send a signal” that Read more [...]

“People want to lead a peaceful lives. The terrorists are short-sighted, and this is one of the causes of rampant suicide bombings. We cannot solve this problem only through prayers. I am a Buddhist and I believe in praying. But humans have created this problem, and now we are asking God to solve it. It is illogical. God would say, solve it yourself because you created it in the first place.So let us work for peace within our families and society, and not expect help from God, Buddha or the governments.” Dalai Read more [...]