Refugee arrive at the Dutch-owned houseboat 'Transit' in the harbour of Hamburg, February 26, 2015. Some 216 asylum seekers from Syria, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Eritrea and Serbia will live on the boat, which Hamburg authorities are providing as temporary accomodation. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government is expecting the number of people seeking asylum to double to 400,000 in 2015, two participants at a meeting with Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Tuesday.
The minister held the meeting with members of the ruling left-right coalition late on Monday.
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