German Minister Holds Russia Responsible for Belarus Migrant Surge

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The statement came just days after Seehofer expressed an interest in implementing border controls along the Polish border but later offered to hold joint border patrols with the country.
53% : If the situation remains the same, Seehofer stated, then Germany would consider the unusual step of implementing border controls on flights from Greece, a fellow EU member-state and Schengen area country.
46% : Chairman of the Federal Police Union Heiko Teggatz, who had suggested to Seehofer that border controls should be implemented to deal with the crisis, said on Monday: "For several months, the number of apprehensions has been rising almost explosively."
38% : Last week, the Polish parliament passed a law that would allow border guards to push migrants back into Belarus if they cross into Poland illegally and allow them to ignore asylum applications from illegals.
36% : Seehofer also criticised Greece, stating that at least 32,000 migrants who have applied for asylum in Germany this year had already done so in Greece, and noted that Athens had only taken back one migrant.
34% : Since the start of October, at least 3,104 migrants have crossed from Poland into Germany illegally after initially entering the European Union from Belarus, an average of 160 illegal border crossings every day.

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