(VOVworld) – German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel threatened on Sunday to end development aid to countries that refuse to take back rejected asylum seekers, a response to failings which kept the suspected Berlin attacker from being deported.
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| German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel (Photo: AP) |
The warning was aimed in particular at Tunisia — the home nation of Anis Amri, who was suspected of plowing a lorry into a Berlin Christmas market last month in an attack that killed 12 people — and at north African nations in general.
Germany rejected Amri’s asylum application last June, but Tunis initially denied he was a Tunisian citizen, blocking him from being sent home.