Germany Confident in Ability to Solve Refugee Crisis - Sputniknews

Senior economic cooperation official claims that Germany is confident that it will be able to solve the current refugee crisis because its economy is in very good shape.
LIMA (Sputnik) – Germany is confident that it will be able to solve the current refugee crisis because its economy is in very good shape, a senior economic cooperation official told Sputnik.

The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development's parliamentary state secretary noted that Germany is "heavily engaged" in solving the refugee issue and stressed that refugees coming from the civil war in Syria need a secure environment.

"We are ready to do our share in cooperation with our partners in the European Union. But of course, it’s clear everybody of us has to do more," he underlined. The official noted that the refugee influx is having a "huge" impact on the country as it receives a lot of migrants in a very short time.

Germany is the main destination for the majority of asylum seekers who are fleeing conflicts in Syria and other conflict-torn regions of the Middle East and North Africa.

Germany has granted asylum to some 600,000 people since the start of the year, with an estimated 10,000 refugees crossing into the country every day, according to the Foreign Ministry.

"Those people coming often continue to travel through Germany or via Germany to Sweden. So, it’s a challenge now to register those people coming to Europe. But this is not only a challenge for German authorities, it should be addressed in a joint effort of the European Union," Thomas Silberhorn also said said.

Europe is currently experiencing the largest migrant flow since World War II. According to predictions by German media on Monday, the country could expect an influx of about 1.5 million refugees in 2015, well over a previously announced official forecast of 800,000. - Read More at Sputniknews

Germany Confident in Ability to Solve Refugee Crisis