I am not going to say I told you so to German Chancellor Angela Merkel but no country in the world could just throw open there borders without control and expect a trickle not to turn into a flood.
Germany are reintroducing border controls with Austria and halting all trains with up to 2,100 riot police deployed to help carry out checks to bring some order to the entry of refugees. Tens of thousands of refugees have been arriving in southern Germany in recent weeks, with some reports suggesting around 13,000 reached Munich on Saturday alone.
The system is being overstretched according to German officials with the numbers involved wanting to enter. There are reports only those with "valid travel documents" would be allowed to enter the country with Syrians having priority over others. Asylum seekers are generally accepted within the richer countries of Europe while migrants are deed to be economic just looking for work and seeking a better life and are less welcome.
Listening to many Asylum seekers/migrants, they are planning a new life with no prospect of returning to their own country. Again, every other somebody interviewed seems to be a student looking to carry on their education.
The German decision could have knock on effects with the Czech Republic announcing that it was imposing similar measures on its own border with Austria. How long before Austria is forced to do the same with their border with Hungary who themselves will have fenced of their border with Serbia within days, which is the chosen route into Europe via Greece and Macedonia. Serbia is now rushing to push up to 30,000 over the Hungary and Serbia border before it closes.
Maybe Europe should have been taking people from the camps before this mass influx of people we are seeing now. Many people are making money out of this misery be it through Turkey or crossing the Mediterranean but death and hardship is not deterring people from making the trip.
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