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Migrant crisis: Merkel and EU officials visit Turkey to promote deal
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top EU officials are due to visit the Turkish-Syrian border to promote a controversial month-old migrant deal. The visit comes amid questions over the legality of the EU-Turkey pact, which deports back to Turkey migrants who do not qualify for asylum in Greece. Human rights groups say Turkey...
Now even MIGRANTS turn on Merkel: Refugees say German leader lured them to EU with lies
FURIOUS migrants have turned against Angela Merkel en masse and are now BLAMING her for risking the lives of their children by luring them to Europe on false pretences, Express.co.uk can exclusively reveal today. Stranded refugees launched a stinging tirade against the beleaguered German leader, saying she sold them a pack of...
Plan B? Angela Merkel to scrap open-door refugee policy and TURN AWAY migrants
ANGELA MERKEL could be forced to TURN AWAY migrants from entering Germany if it continues to struggle to control its record influx of asylum seekers. While the German Chancellor advocates for an open-door policy, leaked papers suggest her Government wants to clampdown on Europe’s escalating migrant crisis. The Interior...
Migrant crisis: Greece needs EU help to avoid chaos, says Merkel
Europe cannot allow Greece to fall into "chaos", German Chancellor Angela Merkel says, amid sharp divisions among members over the migrant crisis. Austria and several Balkan countries have introduced restrictions stranding migrants in Greece. Mrs Merkel said EU nations had not battled to keep Greece in the euro just...
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...
40% of Germans want Merkel to quit over refugee policy – poll
The first city to report mass sexual harassment was Cologne. According to eyewitnesses, “heavily intoxicated” men of “Arab or North African” origin were harassing and assaulting local women in the city center on New Year’s Eve. Similar cases have been reported in other German cities such as...
Snowden or Merkel? Betting hot on 2015 Nobel Peace Prize contenders
Nobel watchers are holding their breath as the 88th Peace Prize recipient is to be named within hours. Speculations are mounting as this year’s award candidates range from whistleblower Edward Snowden to Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nobel Prize Committee set to name a winner at 09:00GMT Friday Peace Prize...