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Germany's Policy Hampers Refugee Crisis Resolution - Czech FM

© AP Photo / Bernd von JutrczenkaRefugees and migrants wait outside the Berlin State Office for Health and Social Affairs in Berlin, Germany, Friday Sept. 11, 2015
Refugees and migrants wait outside the Berlin State Office for Health and Social Affairs in Berlin, Germany, Friday Sept. 11, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Germany is creating challenges in solving the refugee issue in Europe with its inconsistent policy, Czech Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said Tuesday.

Police directs migrants at a train station near the border with Austria in Freilassing, Germany September 15, 2015. - Sputnik International
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PRAGUE (Sputnik) – Earlier in the day, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told local media that he supported EU funding cuts being applied to the countries that do not want to adhere to the refugee resettlement plan.

"Currently the greatest challenge in solving the migration is Germany’s inconsistent policy. Even displaying the muscles to its neighbors over the border will not hide it," Chovanec said.

On Monday, European interior ministers failed to agree on the relocation of 120,000 refugees throughout the bloc’s 28 members on an equitable basis.

The sun rises as refugees and migrants walk to pass from the northern Greek village of Idomeni to southern Macedonia, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. The sudden onset of autumn has taken tens of thousands by surprise all along the Balkans route from Greece to Hungary - Sputnik International
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The ministers agreed to redistribute 40,000 refugees, currently in Greece and Italy, as proposed by Brussels under the first emergency package in May.

A final decision on the refugee resettlement is now expected at another justice and home affairs council meeting on October 8 in Luxembourg.

Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic have so far expressed their intent to reject the new migrant quota.

Europe is currently struggling with what is being called the worst refugee crisis since World War II. President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said earlier this month that nearly half a million migrants and asylum seekers were estimated to have entered Europe since the beginning of the year.

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