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A poll has found that 79.7 per cent of German voters distrust the asylum rulings by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) following a scandal that showed the Bremen branch had granted 1,200 asylum claims to migrants who did not qualify.
The Civey poll shows a strong distrust across the political spectrum for BAMF in the wake of the scandal that has rocked the agency, Die Welt reports.
The highest level of distrust in the agency’s ability comes from supporters of the anti-mass migration populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) at 97.9 per cent, followed by other conservative parties like the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) headed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.