Germany will not change its asylum policy, spokesman for the German government Steffen Seibert has said.
“The federal government will stay on its refugee policy course, fully determined, at home and abroad,” Seibert said in remarks to a German news agency.
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“Some things have been achieved thanks to this policy, while there are still a lot of things that need to be done,” he added.
“The goal must be a common, sustainable European solution that leads to a tangible reduction of the number of refugees in all [EU] member states,” Seibert said.
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He stressed that the German government supports internal policies that pave the way for refugees to integrate in Germany, pointing out that integration will succeed by respecting the German legal system.
Seibert declined to comment on the recent demands made by Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann for Germany to set a maximum number for refugees, saying the German government’s goal is to contribute to a common European solution that benefits the bloc’s member states.