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Germany expects 800,000 asylum seekers this year

Minister mulls closing borders opened by the Schengen Agreement

Published Thu, Aug 20, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Berlin

GERMANY expects as many as 800,000 asylum seekers or refugees this year, four times the number who came last year, Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said in announcing new actions to cope with the biggest influx since the aftermath of World War II.

While Germany will work to process asylum appl…

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Germany expects 800,000 asylum seekers this year

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German forecast to offer signs if ailing economy on the mend

PBOC steps up rhetoric against long-end government bond rally

Trade, TikTok, Taiwan: Blinken faces tough talks in China

Australian inflation boosts case for higher-for-longer rates

The American small-business tyrant has a favourite political party

China’s prices are just too low for buyers to sweat about tariffs

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