A top German politician has suggested refugees be sent back home, saying it is impossible to integrate people from a different cultural background.
Bavaria’s finance minister, Markus Söder, said the German people “do not want a multicultural society” and recommended they should be sent back over the next three years.
More than one million refugees have arrived in Germany over the past year, sparking backlash among critics of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door policy.
Many migrants have been re-settled in the minister’s state in the south of the country.
Mr Söder said integration of those from different cultural backgrounds was “bound to fail”.
He added: “Even with the best intentions in the world, it will not work to integrate successfully that many people with a completely different cultural background.
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