{"id":3605,"date":"2015-08-17T04:43:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T04:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=3605"},"modified":"2015-08-17T04:43:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T04:43:46","slug":"merkel-says-migrants-bigger-challenge-for-eu-than-greek-debt-crisis-10-hours-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2015\/08\/17\/merkel-says-migrants-bigger-challenge-for-eu-than-greek-debt-crisis-10-hours-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkel says migrants bigger challenge for EU than Greek debt crisis   10 hours ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1218\" class=\"header\">\n<h1 id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1220\" class=\"headline\"><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1233\" class=\"credit-bar clearfix large-sharebtns\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1232\" class=\"credit-bar-inner\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1235\" class=\"interest-bar\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1244\" class=\"action-bar\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1243\" class=\"action-bar-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"mediacontentsharebuttons-light\" class=\"yom-share-btns-container light\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1242\" class=\"share-btns-int-container\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1241\" class=\"share-btns\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1190\" class=\"cover-wrap \">\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1189\" class=\"\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1188\" class=\"img-wrap\">\n<figure id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1187\" class=\" cover  \n\n                        get-lbdata-from-dom\n                                go-to-slideshow-lightbox\n                        \" data-id=\"31e7d9b8-b46a-31d4-a71c-75916c6f6989\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/merkel-says-migrants-bigger-challenge-eu-greek-debt-181432878.html#\" data-ylk=\"rspns:xpnd;t1:a3;t2:ct-mod;t3:ld;sec:ct-mod;slk:expand;elm:img;elmt:ct;itc:1;grpt:;edtr_vos:;g:;aid:31e7d9b8-b46a-31d4-a71c-75916c6f6989;ct:4;cpos:1;\" data-rapid_p=\"8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/l2.yimg.com\/bt\/api\/res\/1.2\/kxmaW6OPW6Jzcnbny67fVQ--\/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTM3NztpbD1wbGFuZTtweG9mZj01MDtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz02NzA-\/http:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en_us\/News\/afp.com\/Part-DV-DV2100208-1-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"A family is silhouetted at the refugee accomodation on the grounds of the German army Gruenten baracks in Sonthofen, southern Germany on August 13, 2015\" width=\"393\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1186\" class=\"cta-overlay\"><span id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1249\" class=\"icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow \">.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<ul class=\"thumbstrip-overlay clearfix \">\n<li class=\"go-to-slideshow-lightbox get-lbdata-from-dom  image\" data-uuid=\"2d0bc273-00e5-39d8-804c-c33429aefabe\">\n<div class=\"cta-overlay\"><span class=\"icon-white-slideshow-tiny icon-slideshow \">.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1194\" class=\"body yom-art-content clearfix\">\n<p>Berlin (AFP) &#8211; 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she told ZDF public television.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1264\">For Germany, where some officials have said the number of asylum-seekers could top 600,000 this year, Merkel said the issue posed particular challenges.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1266\">With thousands of refugees sleeping in tents and authorities saying they are overwhelmed with applications, Merkel said the current situation was &#8220;absolutely unsatisfactory&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-related\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n<div class=\"cta-overlay\"><span class=\"cta-text xsmall  \">View gallery<\/span><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"body-related-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/l.yimg.com\/bt\/api\/res\/1.2\/rVme9kvsqZWVIVVOI2oP6A--\/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTE5NDtxPTc1O3c9MzAw\/http:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en_us\/News\/afp.com\/Part-DV-DV2101887-1-1-0.jpg\" alt=\"This photo made available by public broadcaster ZDF&amp;nbsp;&amp;hellip;\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" data-src-2x=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"body-related-title photo-caption\">This photo made available by public broadcaster ZDF shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) during\u00a0\u2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1213\">She called for the European Union to establish a list of safe countries of origin, where citizens are not under threat of violence or persecution.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1193\">Last week Germany&#8217;s interior minister said it was &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; that 40 percent of asylum-seekers in his country were from the Balkans, calling it &#8220;an embarrassment for Europe&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1197\">About half of Germany&#8217;s 300,000 asylum applications since January have come from the southeast European region that includes Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1199\">Berlin is looking at ways to deter such claims in order to better serve people from crisis zones such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1439743486077_1272\">The UN refugee agency has said the number of people driven from their homes by conflict and crisis has topped 50 million for the first time since World War II, with Syrians hardest hit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; . . 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