Syrian Refugee Update: Germany Retracts Open Door Policy For Syrian Refugees, Reintroduces Border Controls [VIDEO]
Germany has reinstated its border controls to check the influx of refugees into the country.
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A Daily Mail report reveals that the country has also suspended its Schengen agreement. It seems like the country might be up to capacity having been the only nation in Europe to have taken in the most number of refugees. The country had also done away with passport checks for this brief while.
The country's Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere made the announcement and what these controls entails.
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"At this moment Germany is temporarily introducing border controls again along [the EU's] internal borders. The focus will be on the border to Austria at first," he said. "The aim of these measures is to limit the current inflows to Germany and to return to orderly procedures when people enter the country."
He went on to add that Germany had already done a lot to help the refugees and they should now be careful about not going overboard with that:
"This step has become necessary. The great readiness to help that Germany has shown in recent weeks... must not be overstretched."
Just a week ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that it will be spending about $6.6 billion on the refugees and migrants that are pouring into the country.
The nation's magnanimity in the Syrian refugee crisis stands in stark contrast to how other European countries and England have been behaving. Austria has also been taking a great share of the burden along with Germany by opening its borders to the refugees.
German Secretary-General Yasmin Fahimi spoke to NBC about how important it was for them to show compassion in this great hour of need for a embattled community.
"We had to give a strong signal of humanity to show that Europe's values are valid also in difficult times. Hungary's handling of the crisis is unbearable," she said.
Although Merkel is tyring to build solidarity and encouraging other nations to take in more refugees, other countries haven't been as forthcoming. David Cameron recently revealed that he would be willing to take in 20,000 refugees over the next five years. France has agreed to giving shelter to 24,000.
Then there have been countries like Hungary which have been standing on the polar extreme, actually fortifying their boundaries to keep refugees out.
Even Middle Eastern countries are showing little compassion. Recently news of the Saudi government actually taking action to ensure that such help cannot be extended has been a bit shocking. The Saudi Arabian government has banned its citizens from adopting Syrian orphans.
