Integration of refugees in Germany
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Syrian refugee Anas Modamani lives in Berlin rose to fame thanks to a selfie he took with German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside a refugee center in Berlin on September 10, 2015, when he was 18 years old.
A photo that has become the symbol of the country's welcome policy.
© JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP
By: Julien Méchaussie
While we are waiting for the appointment of a new government in Germany in early December, it's time to take stock for Angela Merkel.
In a rare interview granted to television, the Chancellor returned to the arrival of more than a million refugees in 2015. She affirms that “
yes, Germany has succeeded in absorbing this migratory flow
”.
Six years later, if all is not perfect, the Chancellor's observation seems to be the right one.
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Germany
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Angela Merkel