Germany wants to send migrants to Rwanda in facilities paid for by the UK

Germany's migration commissioner Joachim Stamp said that a German Rwanda scheme would focus on migrants coming across the EU's eastern border.

Mr Stamp said Russia and Belarus were pushing migrants westwards to destabilise Germany and other European countries. "My suggestion would be that we concentrate on this group. It’s about 10,000 people a year," he said.

Germany has accepted millions of refugees over the past decade, but has toughened its stance in recent months.

The terrorist attack in a festival in Solingen over the weekend, in which the suspect is an Syrian asylum seeker, has drawn attention to the migration issue. A recent state election victory by the far-right AfD party also highlighted concerns over immigration.

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