September 2015; the month of Merkel’s historic decision to open Germany’s borders to more than 10,000 refugees who were stranded in Hungary. What followed was a promise by Merkel that there would be “no limit” to the number of asylum seekers that Germany would take in. News travelled fast and during the remaining months of 2015, hundreds of thousands of migrants entered the country.
“Wir schaffen das” or “we can do it/we’ll make it” became Merkel’s catchphrase, and this period of mass open door immigration became known as “Merkel’s Legacy”. ...
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