EUROPE-MIGRANTS/DE MAIZIERE German interior minister says migrants not seeking protection will have to leave; condemns knife attack on politician
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EUROPE-MIGRANTS/DE MAIZIERE German interior minister says migrants not seeking protection will have to leave; condemns knife attack on politician
- Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/DE MAIZIERE German interior minister says migrants not seeking protection will have to leave; condemns knife attack on politician
- Date: 22nd October 2015
- Summary: BAMBERG, GERMANY (OCTOBER 22, 2015) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF MIGRANTS HOUSING AT RECEPTION AND REPATRIATION CENTRE SIGN FOR RECEPTION AND REPATRIATION CENTRE SIGN FOR FEDERAL OFFICE FOR MIGRATION AND REFUGEES VARIOUS OF CLOTHES HANGING ON BALCONIES MAN ON BALCONY CHILDREN PLAYING FOOTBALL VARIOUS OF GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER THOMAS DE MAIZIERE WALKING TOWARDS CAMERAS CAMERAS (
- Embargoed: 6th November 2015 12:00
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- Location: Germany
- Country: Germany
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Thursday (October 22) said that the politics of migration has two faces, as he described how any migrants arriving in Germany who are not entitled to protection will be sent back home.
"The politics of migration has a friendly face but also a hard face. It is not that one is good and one is bad but it is the two sides of the one coin," de Maiziere told journalist as he visited a centre where migrants are either registered or from where they are repatriated if they do not meet the necessary requirements.
"Those who have a need for protection should be allowed to stay here, be integrated, learn the language and a job but those who do not need protection, even if they have just as understandable reasons to lead a better life here, they must leave our country and that needs to happen in a fast and fair way and that is what is happening here," the minister said.
De Maiziere also condemned an attack on an independent candidate running for mayor of the German city of Cologne on Saturday (October 17).
Henriette Reker and an aide were both severely injured by the attacker, a 44-year-old man, while campaigning in the western German city, police said. She was stabbed in the neck and severely wounded in the attack that police said appeared to be motivated by her support for refugees.
Three other people were also wounded, though not seriously.
"We were all shocked by the attempted murder of Mrs Reker and her colleagues last week. It should not be taken lightly and the security services are doing everything they can to avoid such things, and above all we must avoid an escalation which is generated by hatred," de Maiziere said.
Reker went on to win Sunday's (October 18) election.
Germany, a favoured destination for migrants, expects 800,000 to a million new arrivals this year. Many Germans feel the country cannot cope with the record influx. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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