Germany has taken a sharp turn in its migration policy | DW News

It’s been the topic of the day in Germany for months now. Across the political aisle, and in the media, calls have grown to curb irregular migration and reduce the number of asylum seekers coming to Germany. Many claim the country is at its limits. But is this true? With Svenja Niederfranke, an expert on migration, we dive deeper into the facts, numbers and proposals being circulated in this complex debate.

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[jansmarco]

why don't the rich middle east countries let them

[bahaaworld]

I am an international student at a private university in Germany from Libya, and I have been here for a month, it was so difficult for me to come here ( Legally) and I paid so much money for my blocked account, university fees, language school and everything else, almost 20, 000 euro, The German embassy made it so difficult for me to arrive here,

I was shocked when I arrived at the number of uneducated "schums" wondering around the cities here in Germany, speaking loudly in trains, freely. They are probably getting free money every month ! so why would Germany allow those people to come here easily and pay them money, and make it extremely hard for people like me?

[LowOfSolipsism]

Suicidal empathy.
You dont allow strangers to enter your home freely, why should do otherwise with your own country?

[PoulNoergard]

I live 1 km outside Germany, but have for the last 12 years been spending 3-5 month a year traveling all over Germany. The country is changing fast. Demography is changing. Many more idle young men in the streets in the middle of the day. Car theft is up 20% country wide. The germans are getting notably poorer.

[ophirmayer]

Did she really say there is no such thing as an upper limit to the amount of migration a country can handle?!?

[tibsyy]

Native Europeans and Middle Easterns have completely different values and it's like mixing oil and water! It will never be a kneadable mixture. A single medium.
That is what politicians don't want to understand or just simply don't care.
It is ignorance or naivety!

[Shepherdservices]

You guys don't mention at all the crime statistics, don't mention the sexual assaults, don't mention stabbings, don't mention the peiple in here for a decade living off of government assistance. You act like getmany can just take in millions every year. What about the Germans? What about thier rights?

[Kruse]

Ask all the people that got raped or stabbed or kids afraid to go to school etc.

[KonigGustavAdolph]

This whole segment boils down to "Germany needs to step up so they can accept more people. If you don't like that, you are wrong."

[artemduk]

To be honest, I didn't hear any research results from the "research fellow." Just an empty talk.

[beefholio]

According to the migration expert Svenja Niederfranke, ‘just improve infrastructure’. What a statement; this does nothing to account for the economical, social, and political ramifications. You can’t onboard more people if your ship sinks.

[vladnickul]

Well. we should stop this loop hole.
People in need, must be helped.
People that lie, must booted out, immediately and banned for life.

[betancourt]

If you have to pay money for integration, you have a problem. EU authorities said there wasn’t any problem and that countries would have a 3% GRP increase because of them. Who is lying?

[nel.anowi]

Stop offering them fee houses and kindergeld, this will solve it.

[aztca]

As an immigrant living in Germany I can say that over abundance of immigration in too much of a short time span isn’t a good thing, it takes time for immigrants to integrate healthily and for the society to absorb it without the native population being negatively affected.
As of now, if there’s a perception of an overflow, it’s bad for any non German living in Germany and I feel that everyone loses.

[onedayagogo]

sneaking across a border is not how u Migrate somewhere.

[FindAReason-migo]

What made Europe the most advanced place in the world was not immigration.

[tuchevera]

Letting in every kind of people in the country will make not only natives but even the high skilled immigrants who really want to work to leave and find a better/safer place to live.

[maly]

I want to study in a University in Germany & pursue my Masters,
I got everything done from my end, dovuments, & even an admission letter from University to join, but now the German Embassy has super slowed down the Visa process...
Like i booked an appointment on 21st May (in the first 02 mins- the moment appointments opened, & to the date, im still waiting for embassy to call me for an interview.
.
Why can't it focus on those who legally want to come, study & benefit the world, rather than letting in those, who chose the wrong path.. 💔
I'm so disappointed 😞

[manojchowdhary]

Germany is the country that forced Europe to take more asylum seekers, and now it wants to shut its doors? 😂😂 This is hilarious.