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Inside Europe - Germany tightens up on Balkan refugees

Nemanja RujevićAugust 13, 2015

Germany is expecting a record number of asylum seekers this year – around 450,000. But Berlin is determined to differentiate between people fleeing war and “fake refugees” from the Balkans. The latter account for almost half of all asylum seekers. The general opinion is they're not fleeing persecution and simply want a life subsidized by German taxpayers. Nemanja Rujević reports.

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