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German ministry wants migrants returned to Africa

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Interior Ministry wants to be picking up migrants at sea and returning them to Africa. (Photo: Reuters)

The German Interior Ministry wants to stop migrants from ever reaching Europe’s Mediterranean coast. The ministry wants to be picking them up at sea and returning them to Africa, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported Sunday.

In what would be a huge shift for a country with one of the most generous asylum policies, the ministry says the European Union should adopt an Australian-style system under which migrants intercepted at sea are sent for processing at camps in third countries.

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