<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><oembed><version>1.0</version><provider_name>EU-Logos</provider_name><provider_url>https://eulogos.blogactiv.eu</provider_url><author_name>EU Logos</author_name><author_url>https://eulogos.blogactiv.eu/author/communicationeulogos/</author_url><title>Angela Merkel to establish “anchor centres” for migrants at Germany’s borders</title><html>&lt;p lang=&quot;en-US&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif; color: #000000; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;As stated by ALDE MEP Guy Verhofstadt, the migration crisis is not just a humanitarian emergency anymore but an ongoing “political crisis on the back of migrants”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;latest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;controversy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt; involves Angela Merkel who “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;was given a fresh migration crisis headache” after &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;Austria &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;threatened to “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;take measures to protect&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt; its borders” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;if Germany imposed restrictions on refugees a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;previously&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt; a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;nnounced by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;German&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;hancellor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt; policy, which would see migrants entering Germany held in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;anchor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt; centres and potentially sent back to other EU countries if they had already registered somewhere else, is part of a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;deal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt; agreed by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;Angela&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt; Merkel &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;and the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;CSU leader and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;German &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;interior minister Horst Seehofer. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;he Bavarian CSU party &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;h&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;ad originally&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;threatened to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;send &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;police to the German border to turn away refugees who had &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;indeed &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;registered in other EU countries. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;The compromise policy of setting transit centres would allow asylum seekers who had already registered in a different EU country to return with the agreement of that country. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;However, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;Austria fears &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;that such &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;measure &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;would&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;make it &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;the final destination for more &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;migrants &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;create “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;disadvantages for Austria and its people”. Speaking at the European &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;P&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;arliament, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt; Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz called for a “paradigm shift in migration” and claimed &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;that&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt; “a Europe without internal borders” would only be possible “in-the long term” with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;the appropriate reforms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-US&quot;&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p lang=&quot;en-US&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif; color: #000000; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Despite a significant fall in the number of refugees and migrants reaching Europe in 2017, particularly in Germany, “the issue has rocketed up the political agenda after gains for the far-right in elections across the continent”. Far-right anti-immigration parties now dominate the political scene in governments like Italy and Austria, with populists also in charge in Eastern states like Poland and Hungary. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p lang=&quot;en-US&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif; color: #000000; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gabriella Cinque&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p lang=&quot;en-US&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif; color: #000000; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;For further information: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p lang=&quot;en-US&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif; color: #000000; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Deursche Welle &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif; color: #000000; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt; https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-angela-merkel-strikes-conciliatory-note-on-migrants-in-bundestag-speech/a-44515465 &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p lang=&quot;en-US&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif; color: #000000; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Independent &lt; https://independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-migration-merkel-immigration-border-new-asylum-policy-eu-a8429286.html  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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