Crime spike in Germany puts pressure on immigration policy
A brutal murder of a 15-year-old girl in Southern Germany has placed the country's open-door immigration policy under intense scrutiny. In addition, a new government-sponsored study found that...
========== JOHN YANG: As we reported earlier, German
Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a dealto form a new coalition government.In the last election, she lost seats in Parliament
to the right-wing Alternative for Germanyparty, or AFD.A big issue was her decision to open the borders
to more than a million migrants and refugeesin 2015.Now, with AFD, the main opposition party,
Merkel is facing demands to step up deportationsof young male migrants.As special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports,
that follows a finding that they are largelyresponsible for an increase of violent crime
in Germany.MALCOLM BRABANT: A brutal murder in Kandel,
Southern Germany, has placed the country'sopen-door immigration policy under intense
scrutiny.These marchers demanded protection and secu...