At the end of July, a plane took off from Athens for Germany, with sick refugee children and their families on board
Photo: Petros Giannakouris / DPAThe Greek refugee camps are overcrowded, tens of thousands of refugees live in confined spaces, sometimes under unworthy conditions, there is a lack of water and basic hygienic equipment. In order to defuse the situation on site, Germany has at least agreed to accept 350 children and young people in need of treatment together with their core families from the camps.
Some state governments believe that this is not enough. They would be ready to help other refugee minors. Berlin and Thuringia had each announced that they would voluntarily bring additional children from the islands through their own state admission programs - but Interior Minister Horst Seehofer stopped the initiatives of the states.
Admission policy also divides the population. This was the result of a survey by the opinion research institute Civey for SPIEGEL. Accordingly, a little more than 36 percent of Germans are in favor of bringing more children and young people into the country than before. 42 percent, and thus a little more, are "somewhat" or "clearly" against taking in further refugee children. Around 15 percent consider the currently planned number to be appropriate.
The willingness to accept is greatest in the traditionally left-wing political camp. The majority of supporters of the SPD, the Greens and the Left are in favor of taking in more refugees, while the Green supporters are almost three quarters.
As expected, AfD supporters have particularly clear reservations about being accepted: around 90 percent are of the opinion that "clearly" fewer children should come to Germany. Even among the sympathizers of the Union (more than 45 percent) and FDP (more than 55 percent), many consider the current numbers to be too high.
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