Latest update : 2017-01-14 03H:14 GMT/UTC/ZULU TIME
In a bid to stem the rising violence against migrants in Germany, the state of Brandenburg has announced that failed asylum-seekers will not be deported if they have been subjected to physical violence.
Officials hope the move, which Berlin regional authorities are also mulling, will send a powerful signal to anti-immigration extremists that have targeted migrants in recent months.
But it is likely to trigger a clash with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s federal government, which has moved to speed up deportations in the wake of a deadly terrorist attack on a Christmas market last month.
Click on the player above to watch the report by FRANCE 24’s Clément Bonnerot.
Date created : 2017-01-13
