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Europe feels fallout from Merkel's migrant magnanimity

Published Fri, Dec 11, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Brussels

ANGELA Merkel may have won praise from the world for Germany's open-door policy on refugees, but a confused and divided Europe is feeling the fallout from the decision, analysts said.

The German chancellor's sudden move in early September to welcome asylum seekers from Syria opened bitter rifts in the EU and raised fears for the future of the passport-free Schengen zone.

And while Time magazine named Mrs Merkel as 2015's person of the year and US President Barack Obama hailed h…

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