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Merkel rules out migrant policy reversal after attacks - BBC News
A decision which took courage and foresight. I applaud her and the German people. By showing compassion to hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees, the German Chancellor has sent a message to the world that Germany is not at war with Islam. The threat posed by refugees from Middle Eastern war-zones is far exaggerated, not only to Germany, but the world at large. All the asylum seekers who had committed attacks on Germany these past few weeks had been in the country long before Merkel's immigration plan was announced last year.
More importantly, this means that the vast majority of Muslims resident in Germany have every reason to cooperate with the security services in the fight against terrorism. This is not something that can be said of the marginalised and radicalised Muslim communities of the run-down suburbs of Brussels or Paris which breed and harbour terrorist networks.
Recent attacks in Germany involving asylum-seekers would not change its willingness to take in refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said.
She said the attackers "wanted to undermine our sense of community, our openness and our willingness to help people in need. We firmly reject this".
But she did propose new measures to improve security.
These include information sharing, deciphering web chatter and tackling arms sales on the internet.
A decision which took courage and foresight. I applaud her and the German people. By showing compassion to hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees, the German Chancellor has sent a message to the world that Germany is not at war with Islam. The threat posed by refugees from Middle Eastern war-zones is far exaggerated, not only to Germany, but the world at large. All the asylum seekers who had committed attacks on Germany these past few weeks had been in the country long before Merkel's immigration plan was announced last year.
More importantly, this means that the vast majority of Muslims resident in Germany have every reason to cooperate with the security services in the fight against terrorism. This is not something that can be said of the marginalised and radicalised Muslim communities of the run-down suburbs of Brussels or Paris which breed and harbour terrorist networks.