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Minister calls for 'poverty migrant' crackdown

Tue, 08 Oct 2013 18:41:00 +0200

Germany's interior minister said on Tuesday that Germany should be tougher on “poverty migrants", just days after hundreds of refugees were killed in an accident off the Italian coast.

Interior minister: We need populism

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:19:00 +0100

Facing election this year, German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich seems to have gone off-piste over immigration, warning that populist measures are necessary to avoid the threat of fascism, comments Hannah Cleaver.

German WWII criminals wanted in Italy

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:50:00 +0100

Military prosecutors in Rome asked Friday that four elderly German army veterans be tried for their alleged roles in one of the worst Nazi atrocities in Italy during World War II.