FILE PHOTO: Migrants queue in a waiting area to be escorted to a registration office at the arrival centre for asylum seekers in Reinickendorf district, Berlin, Germany, October 6, 2023. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's migration commissioner proposed deporting to Rwanda migrants who arrive illegally to the European Union through its borders with Belarus, as Berlin contemplates measures to restrict refugees arriving in the bloc.
The proposal comes amid rising pressure on Germany's ruling coalition government to restrict irregular migration following a fatal stabbing linked to Islamic State at a city festival last month that fuelled far-right opposition and criticism of Berlin's migration policies.
