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2010 - Angela Merkel: German multiculturalism has 'utterly failed'
theguardian.com/world/2010/oct…

Jan 2015 - Angela Merkel pleads with Germans not to attend anti-Muslim rallies after biggest march to date attracts 18,000 people
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…

24 August 2015 Germany opens its gates: Berlin says all Syrian asylum-seekers are welcome to remain, as Britain is urged to make a 'similar statement'
independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…

Sep 2015 - "We can do it. That's the message Chancellor Angela Merkel has been giving her country ever since she pledged in late August to provide refuge to anyone coming from Syria in addition to others seeking protection from violence and warfare."
spiegel.de/international/…

Aug 2016- Has Angela Merkel made German integration issues worse by letting in a million refugees?
theconversation.com/has-angela-mer…
Sex attacks in Cologne and other German cities; an attempted suicide bombing in Ansbach; a train stabbing spree in Würzburg.

These crimes have left a growing number of Germans thinking the previously unthinkable: that Chancellor Angela Merkel—one of the most reasoned, hard-headed, astute politicians of our times—had been unwise to let her head be ruled by her heart during the refugee crisis.

Sep 2016 - 'WE WERE UNPREPARED' Angela Merkel admits she may have blundered with Germany’s open-door immigration policy after she is hammered in the polls

The German Chancellor admitted she was “unprepared” for last year’s one million strong migrant influx"
thesun.co.uk/news/1813495/a…

Feb 2017 -Merkel Will Pay Migrants Millions To Leave Germany
breitbart.com/london/2017/02…

April 2017 More murder and violence in Germany
Germany's new crime statistics have shown a rise in violent crime, but fewer thefts and break-ins. During a Berlin press conference, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere was careful not to blame immigrants.
dw.com/en/more-murder…

Migrant crime in Germany rises by 50 per cent, new figures show
25 April 2017
telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/2…

Aug 2017- The German Chancellor’s handling of the refugee crisis has taken centre stage ahead of the September 24, Bundestag election.
Mrs Merkel announced a curb on illegal immigration, while defending her decision to take in refugees in 2015.
express.co.uk/news/world/847…

Feb 2018- Crime spike in Germany puts pressure on immigration policy
pbs.org/newshour/show/…

A brutal murder of a 15-year-old girl in Southern Germany has placed the country's open-door immigration policy under intense scrutiny. I

n addition, a new government-sponsored study found that violent crime rose in one state by 10 percent in two years, with 92 percent of the increase attributed to young male migrants.

Aug 2018 - Anti-Immigrant Protest Turns Violent In Eastern German City Of Chemnitz
npr.org/2018/08/28/642…

2018 - Chemnitz: German clashes "shocking"
"The stabbing and disturbing protests have exposed deep divisions in German society over Chancellor Angela Merkel's 2015 decision to open the door to more than one million migrants."
euronews.com/2018/08/30/che…

Oct 2018 Angela Merkel announces she will step down as German chancellor in 2021

independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…

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