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June 20 – World Refugee Day
Despite the considerable improvement of the humanitarian situation by many states, the problem of refugees remains one of the most burning both on religious and global scales.
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Court: Germany Can Return Refugees to EU Countries with Worse Life Conditions | March 20, 2019
European Parliament Urges to Introduce New Sanction Regime for Human Rights Violation | March 19, 2019
Eurostst: Numbers of Asylum-Seekers from Ukraine Fell in 2018 | March 19, 2019
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Poll: Migrant issue is minor for Germans
In Germany, the issue of asylum and refugee policy is one of the least important for the citizens, EUobserver informs with reference to the results of the poll carried out by Infratest-Dimap.
The respondents were offered to define the importance of seven issues, and migration appeared to be second-to-last. Only 39% of Germans rated it as “very important.”
Meanwhile, 97% of respondents consider the issues of health protection and care for the elderly the most important.
95% of citizens are concerned with the issues of pensions and social benefits, while 90% of respondents consider the situation with crime the most important.
It should be reminded that family reunification for some refugees was renewed in Germany, however, there is the limit of 1,000 persons a month.