Merkel: Back to Syria

amsterdam - Who came to Europe fleeing the war in Syria and Iraq, should return once the war is over. With those words, Angela Merkel is trying to silence critics of its refugee policy.

The popularity of the German chancellor has been steadily declining since they opened the borders of her country unconditionally for war refugees and adventurers in their wake. Last year there were 1.1 million asylum seekers to the Federal Republic.

With key state elections coming Merkel is trying to limit the damage. 'We need these people make it clear that their stay here is temporary,' said the politician at a party conference of her own CDU. 'If there is peace in Syria and the Islamic State in Iraq is defeated, we demand that they return. '

Seventy percent of the people who in the nineties to Germany fleeing the Yugoslav wars came, according to Merkel also went back home when there was peace in the Balkans.

In addition to the state elections and the rise in the polls so by Alternative for Germany Merkel has Horst Seehofer, leader of sister party CSU, to fear. The man from Bavaria wants to drag the federal government to court if the influx of migrants is not rapidly reduced.