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| Many migrants falsely claim to be Syrians: Germany |
| 2015-09-26 |
| [AlAhram] Germany estimates that 30 percent of incoming migrants claiming to be citizens of war-torn Syria are in fact from other countries, an interior ministry front man said Friday. "It's an estimate based on the observations of officials on the ground, especially the federal police, the Office for Migration and Refugees and (EU border protection agency) Frontex," he said. The front man stressed that Germany keeps no official statistics on asylum-seekers believed to be misstating their nationality. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere later said that "we're seeing fake Syrian passports, and there are signs of people claiming to be from Syria who don't speak a word of Arabic." Germany is Europe's top destination for people fleeing war and misery amid Europe's greatest migrant influx since World War II and expects between 800,000 and one million newcomers this year. Numbers have surged since Germany declared it would admit Syrians, even if they technically should have applied for refugee status in the first EU country they set foot in on their way to Germany. A market in fake Syrian passports has sprung up, particularly in ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , to help migrants and refugees enter the EU, the head of Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri, said earlier this month. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Those Europeans catch on quick, don't they? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2015-09-26 16:52 |
| #2 And for good government work, 30% used to mean 60%, but due to inflation 75%. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-09-26 13:27 |
| #1 "Your documents say you're from Syria. What part?" "The oppressed part" "Hokay" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-09-26 09:49 |