Less than 100,000 refugees: Merz praises Meloni's Albania model - and Habeck's stance on Ukraine. Merz would like to take a “long overdue” trip, he told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS) in an interview.

“Over 300,000 a year, like in 2023, is definitely too much,” Merz told the Sunday paper. According to the British government's plans, migrants who have arrived irregularly will in future be able to be sent to Rwanda.