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Germany to Deport Migrants, Toughen Asylum Policy

© AP Photo / Jens MeyerA woman waits in front of a wall newspaper in the initial reception center for asylum seekers in Halle/Saale, Germany, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015.
A woman waits in front of a wall newspaper in the initial reception center for asylum seekers in Halle/Saale, Germany, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. - Sputnik International
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Germany will deport all migrants who entered the country after October 21 as Berlin starts enforcing a new tougher asylum policy to bring the hard-hitting refugee crisis under control, German media reported on Wednesday.

Migrants wait on the bridge at the Austrian-German border between Braunau and Simbach at lake Inn near Passau, Germany, October 27, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The Foreign Ministry in Berlin confirmed the information earlier in the day.

Germany has finally decided to resort to one of the cornerstones of EU migration management policy — the so-called Dublin Procedures.

The Dublin Procedures established the principle that the first EU country a migrant or refugee entered was the one responsible for processing their asylum claim. So, if they subsequently moved to another one, they could be returned to the country of entry.

Greece could be the only country Germany may allow to waive the provision of the Dublin Procedures, which elsewhere will apply to all refugees, including Syrians.

The new policy is an attempt by Angela Merkel’s government to bring the refugee crisis under control as Germany struggles to cope with an expected influx of 800,000 this year alone.

The European migrant crisis arose through the rising number of refugees and migrants coming to the European Union from the Middle East and North Africa. As of October 2015, the top three nationalities of the over half a million Mediterranean Sea arrivals since the beginning of the year are Syrian (53%), Afghan (16%) and Eritrean (6%).

The European Commission considers the current migrant crisis the biggest since World War II.

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