A large majority of Germans still say that immigrants and refugees are “welcome or very welcome” in their country after the country took in over a million asylum seekers in two years, the report by the Bertelsmann Foundation found. While 70 percent of respondents said that immigrants are welcome, 59 percent said the same of refugees. This year was the first time that the study asked for people’s opinions on how welcome refugees are. But, despite the fact that a majority of Germans said refugees are welcome in their country, a majority also felt the country had reached its limit in terms of taking in more asylum seekers. While 33 percent of residents of former East Germany said that Germans should welcome refugees “with open arms,” almost double that proportion (65 percent) said so in the west.

Source: The Local April 07, 2017 09:11 UTC