Merkel says Germany won’t close borders amid migrant crisis

Merkel says Germany won’t close borders amid migrant crisis

PanARMENIAN.Net - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she won't offer "false solutions" to the migrant crisis as she faces pressure to do more to limit the influx, the Associated Press reports.

Merkel told Saturday, October 17 edition of the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that Germany can control its borders but not close them completely — "that wouldn't even succeed with a fence, as the example of Hungary shows."

Thousands of new arrivals a day have been stretching Germany's capacity to house refugees and other migrants. But Merkel said she won't promise "false solutions" because they wouldn't even hold for two weeks and would create bigger disappointment that the problem hasn't been resolved.

Merkel added: "I am working with all my power for sustainable solutions, and they don't depend on us Germans alone and will take time."

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