Merkel Stands Ground on Refugees as 1.5 Million Seen Coming
- More than 900,000 could arrive in fourth quarter, Bild says
- Chancellor rebuffs Bavarian critics urging cap on asylum
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Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany has to live with the mass influx of refugees, confronting critics within her party bloc amid a media report that as many as 1.5 million people may arrive this year.
As Merkel faces pressure inside her governing coalition for capping migration to Europe’s biggest economy, Bild newspaper, citing official estimates of the number of daily arrivals, said Monday that more than 900,000 people could make their way to Germany in the final three months. So far, the government has estimated 800,000 would arrive in all of 2015.