Refugees must return home once conflicts over: Merkel

By Xinhua German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday that war refugees from Syria and Iraq usually only enjoy temporary protection in Germany and most of them must go home once the conflicts there come to an end. Merkel made the remarks during a regional meeting of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She said it was important to stress that most of the refugees who arrived in Germany in the past year only received a temporary protection status. Photo courtesy of Spiegel The chancellor has come under fire for her welcoming policy toward refugees. Support for her conservative bloc has slipped as concerns mount about how Germany will integrate the 1.1 million asylum seekers who came to the country last year. “We expect, once there is peace in Syria again, once the IS has been defeated in Iraq, that you go back to your home country with the knowledge that you have gained,” Merkel [...]