Posted on 02/21/2016 6:26:42 PM PST by Mariner
BERLIN (AFP) - Austria's decision to only accept 80 asylum seekers a day while letting thousands of others transit through sends "the wrong signal" and is "unacceptable", German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Sunday.
Berlin fears many of these migrants are heading straight for Germany, where tensions are on the rise after the country saw an influx of over a million asylum seekers last year, putting huge pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door policy.
"It won't work if some countries think they can solve the problem by putting extra weight on Germany's back," de Maiziere told ARD public television, accusing Vienna of failing to carry out adequate checks on those being let through.
Despite strong objections from the European Union, Austria on Friday introduced a daily limit of 80 migrants who are allowed to claim asylum while allowing 3,200 migrants a day to transit through.
"Even for security reasons, this is unacceptable. We won't allow this to continue long term," de Maiziere said, adding that he intended to bring up the issue at the next gathering of EU interior ministers in Brussels on Thursday.
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It's not Austria's burden to bear.
Not his business.
Exactly. Countries that wanted long-term immigration are going to get it.
80 muzzie immigrants per day is 80 too many.
Germany can stop it by closing its own borders.
Until then, they’re asking for it.
Boo hoo, Dihimmis.....
Merkel wants them so badly she’s mad if OTHERS don’t take them..?
That’s illogic —that should please her, as there will more for her and Germany.
Are the invaders good or bad..?
It seems others know much better than she does.
You f7@king idiots.
Austria should accept the same number as Saudi takes
When I read the headline, was anxious to read the story and hoped that there would be photos of the unacceptable hats.
Thanks for the warning Europe, go Trump! BUILD THE WALL. Can’t wait for the cholos and other criminals and rapists to get their asses deported. SEEYA!
Germany wants others to feel their pain of stupidity.
80 a day!? Austria’s a really small country. No way they can safely absorb 80 more muslims per day. 80 a year’s too many.
It is estimated (via polls and surveys) that 20% of British Muslims hold radical views. So if you do the math, Austria will import over 5800 Muslim extremists in just one year. So yeah, that's a lot.
The above calculation assumes that the Syrian, etc. immigrants have the same radical percentages as do their British counterparts. That's most probably not true. The Syrians are probably even more radical, and even less patient.
What’s Germany going to do, force another “Anschluss” on Austria?
Yeah, who needs any of that.
Send them all to Saudi Arabia for $hit sakes!
Dump ‘em all there.
Germany to Austria: We’re committing suicide, you must join us!
What are yor going to do about it Herr de Maiziere, invade Austria? (Again?, like Nazis?).
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