Germany's Merz slams migration policy as 'shambles,' demands reforms

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2025-01-23

Berlin (dpa) - German conservative leader Friedrich Merz has demanded fundamental changes to migration policy and a dramatic increase in deportations after the deadly stabbing in the southern city of Aschaffenburg. Merz, the favourite to become Germany's next chancellor after elections on February 23, said on Thursday that "the limit has finally been reached" following the latest attack, in which a 2-year-old child and a 41-year-old man were kil......

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