Europe cannot take any more refugees

By Park Sae-jin Posted : November 27, 2015, 18:00 Updated : November 27, 2015, 18:00

The French prime minister says European countries cannot accept any more refugees.

Manuel Valls said stricter control of the EU’s external borders would determine the bloc’s fate, in comments.

Prime Minister Valls also added that Europe had been stretched beyond its limits by the migrant crisis.

Europe is grappling with its worst refugee crisis since World War Two. Germany so far has taken in the bulk of some 1 million people expected to arrive this year.

“If we don’t do that, the people will say: Enough of Europe,” Valls warned.

Merkel was initially celebrated at home and abroad for her welcoming approach to the refugees, many of whom are fleeing conflict in the Middle East.

But as the flow has continued the chancellor has come under increasing criticism.

Meanwhile, new Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said her government was not prepared to accept 4,500 new refugees, saying the Paris terror attacks had 'changed the situation.'

Mrs Szydlo said: 'After Paris, the situation has changed.

'We will be proposing to sit down at a table and think over, whether the solutions which have been proposed are good.

'In our view, we are not prepared to accept those quotas of refugees.'


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