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Tuesday 13 Oct 2015 - 14:58 Makkah mean time-30-12-1436
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Berlin, (IINA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her open-door policy for refugees on Monday, highlighting the fact that Germany is capable of managing the refugee influx without imposing any new taxes or tax hikes, Anadolu Agency reported.
A record showed that 577,000 asylum seekers came to Germany between January and September, German authorities are expecting to receive around one million asylum seekers this year.
Despite growing public discontent and dissent even among the ranks of her own coalition government, Merkel defended her policy and said that she was also carrying out intense diplomacy with European partners to find a solution to the crisis.
Merkel said during an interview with Bild newspapers: “Germany is a country of humanity and rule of law. We have to be proud of that”.
She also underlined that Germany could not solve the crisis alone, urging other EU member states to accept more refugees.
She said: “It can only be solved with solidarity among the European partners. All the [countries in] Europe should do utmost for securing the external borders of the EU and at the same time distribute the refugees among the member states in a fair way".
She also noted that her government would continue to give shelter to asylum seekers who escaped wars and political persecution, but would adopt a stricter policy against economic migrants, and return them back to their countries.
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