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Tag Archives: Angela Merkel
Kenneth Roth. The European refugee crisis is on of politics not capacity.
European leaders may differ about how to respond to the asylum-seekers and migrants surging their way, but they seem to agree they face a crisis of enormous proportions. Germany’s Angela Merkel has called it “the biggest challenge I have seen in European … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged Angela Merkel, asylum seekers, European refugee crisis, Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, Syrian refugees, undocumented immigrants in the US
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Ian McAuley. Refugees and German redemption.
Imagine if Australia were to open its doors to 240 000 refugees. That’s twenty times our offer to take 12 000 Syrians, or around the same number as our total annual immigration in all categories. It’s what Angela Merkel’s offer … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged Angela Merkel, German redemption, Ian McAuley, Pacific Solution, refugees and leadership, refugees to Germany
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Klaus Neumann. Stepping up to the plate.
Angela Merkel said last week ‘There will be no tolerance towards those who question the dignity of others.’ Prime minister Tony Abbott is in favour of increasing the number of Syrian and Iraqi refugees allowed to resettle permanently in Australia. … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, International Affairs, Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged Angela Merkel, Germany's refugee response., Inside story, Klaus Neumann
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John Menadue. Is the European Project finished?
Perhaps the Greek crisis will force a fundamental rethink and Europe will find the way to rekindle again the idealism and hope that gave rise to the European Project in the aftermath of WWII. By any means ‘Europe’ has been … Continue reading
John Menadue. Mother Merkel and 800,000 refugees
In September last year I posted an article about the Heroism of Angela Merkel in her generous response to asylum seekers arriving in Germany. She is holding to her course but the difficulties are increasing. The attacks on women in … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Merkel, asylum seekers, refugees, Spiegel Online
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