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Germany Sees Notable Drop in Asylum Applications in 2018

The German government anticipates a drop in asylum applications in 2018, even including the thousands of babies born to recent migrants. The Bild newspaper reported Sunday on a preliminary report it obtained showing about 166,000 asylum applications will have been filed by year's end, including 30,000 babies born to migrants in Germany. That's down from 198,317 in 2017 and well below the government's target of a yearly maximum of no more than 180,000 to 220,000. More...

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