Merkel Says Germans Fulfill Refugee Duty, Now Time for EU to Act
- Meeting in Vienna focused on securing Balkan route borders
- Austria’s Kern seeks North Africa accords on migrant return
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Chancellor Angela Merkel made it clear Saturday that Germans have done their duty to alleviate Europe’s refugee crisis and now the rest of the continent needs to do its share.
European Union countries have to accept refugees at a faster rate in order to alleviate the backlog of people stuck in the continent’s southeastern flank, Merkel said in Vienna after meeting with nine other heads of government. Their discussions focused on strengthening the EU’s border along the so-called Balkan route preferred by refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.