Official Estimates Germany to Get 300,000 Refugees This Year

The head of Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) told a German newspaper that he expected a maximum of 300,000 refugees to arrive in Germany this year. "We're preparing for 250,000 to 300,000 refugees this year," BAMF head Frank-Juergen Weise told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper in comments due to be published Sunday. Germans tend to use the word "refugee" to refer to both refugees and migrants who are seeking protection but do not have...

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