Bundestag debates harsher migration policies

Germany: Bundestag debates harsher migration policies
The German parliament is debating motions to tighten migration rules after a deadly attack by a rejected asylum seeker. CDU leader Friedrich Merz says he will not shun the help of the far-right AfD to push them through.
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