Scholz faces pressure due to large numbers of immigrants

Germany's Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, will meet today with Germany's 16 state governors to talk about ways to deal with the large number of migrants, an issue that has become a major political concern for his government.

The shelters for migrants and refugees are being filled, and Scholz, who faces great pressure from the opposition and others to stop this trend, has said that “many are coming in”.

And more than a million Ukrainians have arrived in Germany since Russia began their homeland invasion.

In recent weeks, the German government has been very active, passing a legislation that facilitates the expulsion of those who are denied asylum demand, punish the traffickers, and enable asylum seekers to start work as soon as possible, and establish temporary controls on the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland.

Scholz, from the centre left, has talked about the issue twice with the conservative opposition leader since state elections last month brought poor results for the three-sided government coalition, and growth for the far-right party.

Scholz faces pressure for election results during today's meeting with state governors, who demand more money from the federal government to meet the cost of housing immigrants.

But the key to being able to integrate people better is simply the number of we have to end illegal migration, so that we can be fair to the actual integration of people looking for protection here”, said Hendrik Wuet, the conservative governor of the North Region-Westpholia State, for ARD television.