Migrant crisis: Germany goes tough on migrants unqualified to enter its territory
Germany has made it clear: Refugees seeking asylum are welcome but those who are leaving home for other reasons such as economic crisis, are not allowed to enter its borders.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, the German government denied Albert Kulemani's asylum application earlier this month. Kulemani says the authorities do not give them any other information or reasons. "They give us five or 10 minutes to take our clothes and nothing else," he said.
The 36-year-old from Albania arrived with his wife in Munich in August and is now keeping his things in a suitcase, waiting for something inevitable.
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Officials say Germany's decision to be tougher in its policy on people who don't quality for asylum, which now has increased the number of deportations but also strengthened its special camps for asylum-seekers from the Balkan areas, is very crucial in giving the European country some air to breathe.
Recently, the European Union, which includes Germany, has had its leaders overwhelmed by the unprecedented influx of migrants from Syria. Germany is now aiming to discourage migrants from leaving their countries for economic reasons and those who are proven to try to enter Germany to get a new and improved financial life will be sent back.
The efforts are said to be part of the government's plan to keep the German people in support for Chancellor Angela Merkel's propaganda to keep the state's door for refugees leaving their homes for war and violence reasons.
While the EU continues to battle with spreading the increasing numbers of asylum seekers within its states, Ms. Merkel met with Germany's 16 states last week in a bid to help hasten the processes for asylum claims. The government has also called on Berlin to send in more cash to state and municipal authorities to help manage the situation.
Statistics reveal that from January to August, migrants from the Balkans have made up nearly 40 percent of the 231,302 asylum applicants who are first-timers in Germany.
BBC News says the federal government has pledged €670 per month for every refugee that it welcomes into its territory.
