(Berlin) Speaking on TV last night, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has refused to place an upper limit on refugees that the country will accept.
data-lang="en-gb">Distancing herself from the position of her conservative Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), Merkel, who leads the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), said placing a limit on refugees was not the way forward.
Chancellor Angela #Merkel rejects refugee limit for Germany https://t.co/VQ3r4skXua pic.twitter.com/anJ4U6N89i— dwnews (@dwnews) 17 July 2017
"As far as an upper limit is concerned, my position is clear: I will not accept it," she said, saying that numbers could be reduced by regulation and taking action to prevent the situations that cause people to flee one country for another.
