In Germany, for the first time in nine years, there are fewer refugees and legal migrants. Deutsche Welle reports.
It is known that the total number of refugees and migrants with a residence permit in the country is 1.31 million. This is 50 thousand less than in the previous six months. In addition, there are 450 thousand asylum seekers and persons in Germany who will soon have to leave the country.
Law enforcement agencies of Germany explain that the decrease in the number of refugees is associated with the massive termination of the protection status. Representatives of the Left Party in parliament are now criticizing the authorities for the fact that the latter refuse to fill vacant seats with people who are being held in unworthy places in other countries.
At the same time, during the coronavirus pandemic, Germany, despite the introduction of border controls for foreigners, continued to accept refugees into the country.
Earlier, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced the failure of the program for the distribution of migrants in the European Union. These are attempts to introduce mandatory quotas on the number of asylum seekers for each European country. It is noted that many countries in Eastern and Central Europe have rejected this idea.
The migration crisis in Europe erupted in 2015. Some countries have come out in favor of curbing the flow of refugees and against quotas on the number of migrants.
