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EU migrant crisis: Germany expects 40,000 weekend arrivals

Saturday, 12 September 2015


Some 40,000 migrants could arrive in Germany over the next two days, officials say - double the number who entered the country last weekend.
Most are expected to arrive in the southern city of Munich but there are concerns about how the region will cope with another large influx.
Around 4,000 troops are being deployed in Germany for logistical support.
Germany has become an attractive destination for Syrian refugees since it waved European Union (EU) rules on dealing with them.
The government announced in August that it would deal with Syrian asylum applications regardless of where the migrants first arrived in the EU.
Tens of thousands of mainly Syrian migrants have been making their way from Turkey, through the Balkans and Hungary to reach Austria, Germany and Sweden.
Migrants have continued to arrive in Macedonia from Greece, and more buses were reported to be making their way towards the Hungarian border this weekend.

-- Saikat --