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German riot police clash with anti-Islam protesters
& _' v+ }+ l' AGoverning party agrees with proposal to reject asylum for sex assault offenders
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) x, w! U2 Z, A( R2 ~- QRiot police using water cannon and tear gas were on high alert Saturday in a tense faceoff with over a thousand anti-immigrant protesters outside the main train station in Cologne, Germany.
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The assembled crowd is demanding much tougher laws on refugees after a string of New Year's Eve sexual assaults and robberies in the city blamed largely on foreigners.
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Some protesters threw fire crackers and beer bottles at officers, according to a Reuters witness.9 l% ?. j4 F: g+ w3 |
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Two people were injured in the clash and police made a number of arrests.8 j" N3 X1 t# G( a
% q: J5 d( z# g# B$ \% K. x5 X/ PA police spokeswoman said the anti-immigrant protest had attracted some 1,700 people, half of whom she described as coming from the "hooligan scene."7 |( L9 W# A* i. g% Y" t1 n3 V
% j8 H5 `$ V5 e4 iPolice had called on demonstrators, some of whom had chanted that German Chancellor Angela "Merkel must go," to return to a square near the city's train station, from where they had set out on a march through Cologne.
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8 W" Z0 ]4 k* ?+ K/ w: B! FThe protesters "had separated from a second protest — a counter protest — organized by various left wing groups," CBC's Dominic Valitis reported from London on Saturday, describing it as a "a pretty challenging situation for police."9 k" H( R9 }7 H. ]( C& D6 G* Q1 ?
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The protesters were from the anti-Islam group PEGIDA, which stands for Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West. Their supporters believe that immigration and national identity are issues too long neglected by politicians — and say they are trying to raise public awareness.
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# O! ~. R" J( {& sThe reports of the attacks on women by groups of men described by police as predominantly Arab or North African in origin have fuelled calls for tighter controls in Germany, which received nearly 1.1 million migrants in 2015.
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Also Saturday, Merkel's Christian Democrats agreed on a proposal to strengthen the ability of police to conduct checks of identity papers, the dpa news agency reported.
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/ [5 |7 I( g- d' BAs well, the party at a meeting in Mainz, also agreed to exclude foreigners from being granted asylum who had been convicted of crimes and sentenced to terms even as light as probation.
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; m) H; s& m9 }/ uThe proposal would need parliamentary approval.
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# Y# N0 l Y9 wAngela Merkel wants to 'drastically decrease' number of refugees coming to Germany5 n7 Z0 m8 t5 v* l
0 F) _- z* m% ^; |Too little too late, ironically Germany has played a huge role in devastating Europe 3 times in 100 years.
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默克尔要大量减少来德国的难民数量。0 K- t: m6 A8 Q9 b" G
一位评论员说,有点太迟了, 德国在一百年中三次给欧洲带来巨大灾难中起了极大的作用 n( _+ \: _( R1 f7 V( Y
+ T9 W$ g( k- {( U, PBut German chancellor says refugee resolution up for party debate does not include the word 'limit'6 M8 X, t# C) i4 j
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Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she wanted to "drastically decrease" the number of refugees coming to Germany, signalling a compromise to critics of her open-door policy from within her conservatives on the eve of a party congress.7 I/ _0 J o7 a8 K3 J U- z. n
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Refugee cooks for German homeless to show 'what Syrians are really like'/ l l# [6 P) l* h; X( t1 Q# E
Relatives of Alan Kurdi, drowned Syrian boy, to arrive in Canada by year's end
, k& P6 d8 K* M( {' AAngela Merkel named Time's Person of the Year
" G8 a+ x' H: d: y) O+ AMerkel has resisted pressure from allies within her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to put a cap on the number of refugees entering Germany, which is expected to top 1 million this year.6 Z2 e8 G9 w' j1 y
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"At the same time we took on board the concerns of the people, who are worried about the future, and this means we want to reduce, we want to drastically decrease the number of people coming to us," Merkel told broadcaster ARD./ |. E; _! \) q/ d. X* k
% C6 S1 M# h7 c; CMerkel, whose popularity has fallen over her handling of the refugee crisis, said the word "limit" did not feature in the CDU's main resolution which will be debated at the two-day party congress starting on Monday in the southern city of Karlsruhe.
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7 Q$ A! w( f! n& P% @9 z) H. oThe chancellor added there was broad support in the CDU for her strategy to reduce the numbers. This included working with Turkey to fight traffickers, improving the situation at Syrian refugee camps in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, and strengthening control of the European Union's outer borders.2 u! V% P) d3 o/ j
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Merkel's conservative critics want her to get the number of arrivals down before three state elections in March and say her hopes of running for a fourth term in 2017 would be in danger.
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Her strategy also includes finding a solution to the migration crisis on the EU level, where she is meeting resistance from member states opposed to a quota system to distribute refugees.& c- h6 Y- H& o
: K# e; G* b% E1 S$ z6 ~$ |Her critics say her decision in late August to allow Syrian asylum seekers to remain in Germany regardless which EU country they had first entered had accelerated the influx of migrants.
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