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"Majority of German public back UN refugee convention": six questions to Juergen Schupp

Interview of May 25, 2016

Professor Schupp, in Germany, public debate on the refugee issue has sometimes been quite heated. Is the population really as concerned as it often appears?

If we are talking about granting refugees the right to remain in Germany in accordance with the 1951 Refugee Convention, it’s clear that the vast majority of the population are in favor of granting temporary asylum. This particularly applies to refugees who were forced to flee their countries of origin due to civil war or armed conflict. [...]

The interview with Juergen Schupp, is published in DIW Economic Bulletin 21/2016

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