GERMANY’S EXAMPLE TO THE REFUGEE CRISIS – Complies with its commitments on the distribution of refugees

Germany respects its Dublin commitments as well as the agreement on the distribution of refugees, says Berlin.

The German Interior Ministry has denied information referring to a limitation of the number of refugees coming from Greece to Germany as part of the reunification of families as provided for in the Dublin Regulation.

Referring to a left-wing MP as well as journalist sources, the news agency epd wrote that the interior ministry intends to limit the number of this group of refugees to 70 people a month. ”That is not right”, the interior ministry spokesman Johannes Dietrot stressed. In response to a relevant question by Deutsche Welle, he noted that Germany, in contrast to the other EU Member States, is in line with the commitments made in Dublin.

Beyond that, Berlin still respects its commitments under the EU Relocation Relocation Program. Describing Germany’s attitude towards Greece as “exemplary”, Mr Dymrot noted that up to now, 2,400 refugees from Greece to Germany have come to the base of this program.

The Athens-Berlin agreement predicts that the number of refugees coming to Germany each month will be around 500. The fluctuations in this figure are, according to Mr Dymord, related to bureaucratic procedures when processing requests for relocation both in Greece and in Germany.