German Lawmakers Declare 3 North African Countries Safe

German lawmakers on Friday approved a plan to declare Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia “safe countries of origin,” a move aimed at making it easier to quickly return failed asylum-seekers from the three North African nations and to deter others from coming. The government drew up the plan in January following a spike in new arrivals from the three countries and the New Year's Eve robberies and sexual assaults in Cologne, in which many suspects were of North African...

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