{"id":6442,"date":"2016-02-12T16:03:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T15:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6442"},"modified":"2016-02-12T16:03:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T15:03:06","slug":"germanys-migrant-crisis-january-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2016\/02\/12\/germanys-migrant-crisis-january-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany&#8217;s Migrant Crisis: January 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2016\/02\/12\/germanys-migrant-crisis-january-2016\/germany-migrant-crisis-jan-2016\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6443\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6443\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/germany-migrant-crisis-jan-2016.jpg\" alt=\"germany migrant crisis jan 2016\" width=\"600\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/germany-migrant-crisis-jan-2016.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/germany-migrant-crisis-jan-2016-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A chronological review of some of the more notable stories about the migration crisis in Germany during January 2016.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Germany&#8217;s Migrant Crisis: January 2016<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/7423\/germany-migrant-crisis\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | February 12, 2016<\/p>\n<p>In January 2016, the German public appeared finally to wake up to the implications of their government\u2019s decision to allow 1.1 million \u2014 mostly male \u2014 migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East to enter the country during 2015.<\/p>\n<p>After more than a thousand Muslim migrants sexually assaulted hundreds of women in cities across Germany on New Year\u2019s Eve, Chancellor Angela Merkel began to face a rising voter backlash to her open-door migration policy.<\/p>\n<p>Merkel\u2019s government has responded to the criticism by: 1) attempting to silence critics of the open-door migration policy; 2) trying to \u201cexport\u201d the migrant problem to other countries in the European Union; and 3) announcing a series of measures \u2014 branded as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/7342\/germany-migrant-deportation\" target=\"_blank\">unrealistic<\/a> by critics \u2014 to deport migrants accused of committing crimes in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>What Merkel has steadfastly refused to do, however, is reduce the number of migrants entering the country. Despite snow, ice and freezing temperatures across much of Europe, a <a href=\"http:\/\/de.reuters.com\/article\/fl-chtlinge-idDEKCN0VB1M4\">total<\/a> of 91,671 migrants \u2014 an average of around 3,000 migrants each day \u2014 entered Germany during the month of January 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The following is a review of some of the more notable stories about the migration crisis in Germany during January 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/7423\/germany-migrant-crisis\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chronological review of some of the more notable stories about the migration crisis in Germany during January 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,48],"tags":[46,179,21,181,195],"class_list":["post-6442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-germany","category-islam-in-europe","tag-european-multiculturalism","tag-germany","tag-immigration","tag-islam-in-europe","tag-migration-crisis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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