Germany lifts ban on reunions for refugees, rekindles integration debate


  • World
  • Wednesday, 01 Aug 2018

FILE PHOTO: German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer addresses a news conference in Berlin, Germany, July 18, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

BERLIN(Reuters) - Germany on Wednesday resumed family reunifications for some refugees, drawing ire from leftist groups who said a cap of 1,000 people a month was too little and a far-right party opposed to immigration altogether.

The government in 2016 suspended the right to bring in immediate family members for asylum seekers granted limited protection in a move to ease the burden on social workers handling a record influx of a million migrants.

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