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Interview

Thomas Sternberg: "No upper limit" on refugees

Thomas Sternberg is president of the Central Committee of German Catholics, the Roman Catholic Church’s lay organization. DW spoke to him about the church and society, the immigration debate and the Alternative for Germany party, the AfD.

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