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As part of an EU-wide resettlement programme, Germany has promised to take in refugees from North Africa and the Middle East. Though critics say the country is accepting too few.
“The German government is doing a good job of showing its international solidarity,” said EU migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos.
The EU Commission launched the program last summer as a way to provide particularly vulnerable refugees with a safe and direct route to Europe.
As a whole, the EU will be accepting more than 50,000 refugees, mostly from North Africa. The Commission is supporting the host countries with half a billion euros.
Germany has promised to accept 10,000 refugees by autumn 2019.