Germany sees drop in pace of new arrivals

  07 December 2015    Read: 1091
Germany sees drop in pace of new arrivals
Germany`s interior minister says the number of migrants arriving in the country has declined significantly over the past week or two.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Monday refugees and other migrants have been arriving at a pace of 2,000 to 3,000 a day in recent days, down from the 8,000 to 10,000 who often arrived daily over recent months.

He said the cause isn`t entirely clear but pointed to bad weather in the Mediterranean that has deterred people from crossing from Turkey to Greece, and efforts by Turkey to stop people leaving by sea.

He said that "this isn`t yet a turnaround, but it is a good development." De Maiziere`s comments came after he announced that 965,000 people were registered in Germany as asylum-seekers from January to November.

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