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According to figures compiled by the German Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) and reported byWelt, between 2005 and 2015 some 3.8 million non-Europeans came to Germany. The migration statistics, which counted individuals fromAsia, Africa, America and Oceania who registered themselves as long-term residents of Germany as opposed to mere tourists, didnt include another four million individuals living in Germany from other European Union nations.

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The 3.8 million surge in new arrives in the decade leading to 2015 was nearly twice as high as the less than two million who came in the last decade of the Cold War between 1980 and 1990, when West Germany was pursuing a deliberate policy of welcoming Turkish guest workers. Although the scheme had initially intended to see the workers return home to start new lives in Turkey with money they had saved from high German wages, in reality the majority stayed.

Today Turks are the second largest group in Germany after Germans themselves.

The makeup of migrants coming to Germany in the 21st century is not only greater in number, but more diverse. While in the 1980s the vast majoritywere Turkish with the next nearest being citizens from the USA, today the largest group are Syrians, followed by Turks, Americans, Chinese, Indians, Afghans, and Iraqis.

Of all the groups represented in the highest inflows, only arrivals from the United States have remained reasonably stable in the intervening 25 years. Americans, like migrants from other wealthy nations like Japan and some EU countries only live in Germany briefly for professional reasons before going home, according to the report.

Of European migrants to Germany, counted in a separate figure of over four million who presently live in the country, amajority of around four-fifths are from Eastern nations likeRomania, Poland, Bulgaria, and Croatia.

Overall, individuals who are migrants or have a migratory background either from other EU states or the rest of the world make up one-fifth of all people living in Germany today. This figure rises to one thirdwhen only children under ten are counted, pointing toward a sharp and sudden demographic change looming that could see the face of Germany radically changed in coming decades.

Leading just to 2015, and with the official 2016 migratory figures not expected for months, these statistics do not yet include the record-breaking influx of people to Germany from the migrant crisis, which in just two years could easily have outstripped all migration to the nation in the 1980s.

The sudden surge of immigrants to Germany has not come without unrest. As reported by Breitbart London in November, global polling found that Germans had the highest level of concern about immigration and extremism of any country worldwide.

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TUNIS: German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to press Tunisian leaders to step up efforts to help curb an influx of illegal migrants to her country during a visit on Friday. Her two-day trip, which also included a stop in Egypt, comes with Germany still reeling from several jihadist attacks, including a truck rampage by a Tunisian suspect at a Berlin Christmas market that killed 12 people. Merkel's talks with top officials including President Beji Caid Essebsi are expected to include ways to tackle years of instability exploited by people smugglers in neighbouring Libya. The visit is also a chance for Merkel to pledge support for a country often hailed as a rare success story of the Arab Spring uprisings that shook the region and toppled autocrats including longtime Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Since its 2011 revolution, Tunisia has passed a new constitution and held free parliamentary and presidential elections. But the nation faces high unemployment, social tensions and the threat from jihadists who have killed dozens of soldiers and police as well as civilians including 59 foreign tourists. Merkel, who faces elections in September, is under pressure to reduce the number of asylum seekers coming to Germany, which has taken in more than one million migrants since 2015. "There are routes for illegal immigration from Libya to Germany. We have a lot of mutual concern and interest in putting an end to this," she said on Thursday at a press conference with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Merkel, who will address Tunisia's parliament, has urged the North African states to step up border controls and speed up procedures to repatriate migrants whose asylum applications are rejected. On migration, the procedures "were very slow but they have improved recently and will continue to improve," Germany's ambassador to Tunisia, Andreas Reinicke, told RTCI public radio. The Tunisian presidency told AFP that issues surrounding immigration "do not constitute a problem between the two countries... In Europe, everyone has seen that Tunisia now controls its borders much better." Germany has said that Tunisian bureaucratic delays meant it could not expel the Tunisian suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack, Anis Amri, even though his asylum application had been rejected six months earlier. Essebsi told AFP in January that Tunisia "is a country which assumes its responsibilities." And a Tunisian official, who did not want to be named, said that Prime Minister Youssef Chahed's visit to Germany last month for talks had "helped appease things." The migrant issue had already been contentious in Germany where sexual assaults by large groups of mostly North African men on New Year's Eve 2015-16 against women in Cologne provoked outrage. Merkel's interior minister floated an idea for North African countries to build holding centres for returned migrants but it was rejected by Merkel's centre-left coalition partners and rights groups. Her trip is part of a larger diplomatic push by the German leader, who last year visited Mali, Niger and Ethiopia. She had also planned a trip to Algeria last week, but it was called off after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika fell ill. Germany, which this year holds the G20 presidency, has also announced investment partnerships in Africa with the long-term goals of reducing poverty and deterring people from leaving. Merkel is joined on her trip by a business delegation that could bring much-needed investments.

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As national elections loom, Mrs Merkel is attempting to shore up support in Germany and try to wrestle votes back from the staunchly anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

At the height of the migrant crisis, the European powerhouse welcomed more than one million migrants fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria.

The chancellors open-door migration policy was applauded at the time but public opinion began to sour after reports of mass sexual attacks on New Years Eve in Cologne, where more than 1,000 women reported being assaulted.

A further attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, whited killed 12, was perpetrated by Tunisian Anis Amri, who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS).

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Protest on the sidelines of Angela Merkel's official visit in Brussels

Angela Merkel has been under pressure to reduce the intake of refugees and as part of her to drive to scale back arrivals she is visiting Egypt and Tunisia.

Scheduled to meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Mrs Merkels government has urged the country, along with the other Maghreb states, to step up efforts to tackle the migrant problem.

Libya, a Magreb country, has been without an effective government after the overthrow of the dictator Mummer Gaddafi in 2011.

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As a result, the country has fallen prey to lawlessness, with the tentacles of ISIS permeating the country and people traffickers operating out of it, making it one of the main gateways into Europe across the Mediterranean.

The German leader urged Egypt - Libya's neighbour - to increase border controls and speed up the repatriation of rejected asylum-seekers.

Mrs Merkel said: Without a political stabilisation of Libya, we won't be able to stop the human traffickers operating out of Libya who are responsible for, by far, the most arrivals in Italy

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"Egypt, as a regional institution, as a regional power, plays a major role here, as do Algeria and Tunisia.

She is due to meet with Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi before flying back home.

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The two-day trip is part of wider diplomatic efforts to address the immigration issue, and followed trips to Mali, Niger and Ethiopia last year.

But a sticking point in negotiations with the African countries is over their human rights records, sparking fears for any migrants returning to them.

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Judith Sunderland, the Europe and Central Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said: "Ensuring safe and swift returns of Tunisians and Egyptians who are not in need of protection is legitimate, as long as the procedures are fair.

"It's another thing entirely to pursue dodgy deals that could trap asylum-seekers and migrants from elsewhere in countries like Tunisia and Egypt that cannot guarantee decent treatment or meaningful access to asylum.

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Manitoba and Manitobans are at the breaking point dealing with asylum-seekers and need immediate help from Ottawa, Premier Brian Pallister implored Friday.

"We need a national plan, because it's not going to go away," Pallister told reporters Friday afternoon. "We've all heard the noise from the U.S."

Pallister wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Feb. 21 asking for help. Pallister could not say Friday how much money and other resources Manitoba is seeking; his staff said details will not be available until next week.

"It's a moving target," said the premier. "It's escalating."

At least 190 people have crossed into Canada near the Emerson border crossing just this year, including 21 overnight Thursday.

Energy and resources are running out, said Pallister: "That's what people are telling me, who are working on the front lines."

The premier said the ongoing and overwhelming influx is putting a heavy burden on housing, social services, education especially English as an additional language and Legal Aid Manitoba, which handles all the paperwork and legal processes for the newcomers to Canada.

Because asylum-seekers are crossing from the U.S. in only three or four provinces and because it may not be seen as a large problem on a national scale, Ottawa may be treating it as a Manitoba problem rather than a Canadian one, Pallister acknowledged.

The federal government announced Friday that two senior cabinet ministers will be in Emerson Saturday morning.

Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Ralph Goodale and Natural Reources Minister Jim Carr will visit Emerson "to meet and thank the officials, workers, volunteers, and agencies on the ground, who have been dealing with the recent increase in irregular border crossings. The ministers will hold a brief media availability during their visit," said Ottawa officials.

The premier spoke Friday morning to Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, whose borders are increasingly receiving asylum-seekers. "He shares those concerns," said Pallister, adding the number of asylum-seekers hits Manitoba most disproportionately than of any province.

Pallister has directed provincial officials to identify provincial resources being diverted to deal with the ongoing issue, and to identify from which other front line services those staff and resources are being moved.

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The move is likely going to attract severe criticism from the countrys Schengen and European Union partners.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbans right-wing government considers migration from the Middle East and Africa to be one of the largest threats to the European way of life.

The daunting new barrier is capable of delivering electric shocks to migrants attempting to scale the fenceand is also armed with heat sensors, cameras and loudspeakers to further deter them.

Hungary was one of the main crossing points for hundreds of thousands of refugees trekking into Europe at the height of the migrant crisis in 2015.

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A barbed-wire fence is already in place after being erected in 2015 as part of Budapests initial efforts to prevent migrants and refugees crossing into the country.

It effectively blocked the route to Germany where many were heading, but Hungary has said the second fence would make the barrier more effective and hold back migrants while processing their asylum requests.

Although the pressure on the border is far from the peak of the 2015 crisis, border patrols still prevent hundreds of illegal border crossings per day and escort back dozens of migrants who mange to break through, the government says.

Mr Orban joined several European nations, including Denmark and Sweden, by introducing checks to the passport-free countries, a huge threat to the EUs open border policy.

Hungarys transit zones are two border posts where a total of just 10 migrants per day are allowed to enter legally.

Loudspeakers blast in English, Arabic and Farsi threats warning of any migrant who may attempt to cross illegally.

Attention, attention. Im warning you that you are at the Hungarian border, they say.

"If you damage the fence, cross illegally, or attempt to cross, its counted to be a crime in Hungary. Im warning you to hold back from committing this crime. You can submit your asylum application nat the transit zone.

Construction for the second fence has already started near the border station Kelebia, and construction materials have also been shipped to the border elsewhere.

Mr Orbans chief of staff, Janos Lazar, last week said the government had earmarked 110million for the fence and containment camps to hold migrants.

He said the second border fence, which will extend only to the Hungary-Serbia border for now, would be built as soon as the weather permitted and would be standing by the end of the spring.

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African migrants react as they arrive at the CETI, the short-stay immigrant centre, after crossing the border from Morocco to Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta

The Hungarian governments practice of allowing only 10 people in per day has been criticising, human rights groups claiming it creates a dangerous bottleneck along the border.

Human Rights Watch deputy director Benjamin Ward said: The European Commission should not stand by while Hungary makes a mockery of the right to seek asylum.

Using transit zones as detention centres and forcing asylum seekers who are already inside Hungary back to the Serbian side of the razor-wire fence is abusing, pointless and cruel.

A government statement rejected the claims, it read: Human Rights Watch again tries to denigrate those serving at the border.

Hungary was among the first to honour the EUs rules, protects the Schengen borders, stops, registers and separates refugees from economic migrants.

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