The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German MPs reject declaring N.African states 'safe' German Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a setback on Friday when the upper house of parliament rejected a proposal to declare three North African states "safe countries of origin" in refugee law. https://www.thelocal.de/20170311/german-mps-reject-declaring-nafrican-states-safe Sat, 11 Mar 2017 10:44:21 +0100 german-mps-reject-declaring-nafrican-states-safe