Germany's Scholz seeks consensus on migration to stem far-right


FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a press conference on the day of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 27, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who seeks to reduce the number of asylum seekers and stem support for the far-right, hopes to move closer towards a national consensus on a tougher migration policy at a meeting on Monday with the heads of Germany's 16 states.

In recent weeks, Scholz's government has agreed measures to make it easier to deport migrants and to make the country a less attractive destination in the first place, in stark contrast to Berlin's perceived open-door policy under former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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