German politicians demand new deportation centers, more police powers and re-vetting of migrants

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German politicians demand new deportation centers, more police powers and re-vetting of migrants

Security and rescue workers in Berlin tend to the damaged area one day after a truck plowed through a Christmas market on Dec. 19. (Michele Tantussi/Getty Images)
By Anthony Faiola January 10

BERLIN — Germany became an asylum seeker’s utopia, a beacon of hope for the war-weary and desperate. But following a string of terrorist attacks including last month’s strike on a Christmas market here, this nation is weighing tough changes to an asylum system that critics say has exposed millions of Germans to risk.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/german-politicians-demand-new-deportation-centers-more-police-powers-and-re-vetting-of-migrants/2017/01/10/e2c2bc34-d68c-11e6-a0e6-d502d6751bc8_story.html?utm_term=.a6641d9b0c0c
At a time when the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump has pledged a migrant crackdown in the United States, the moves in Western Europe’s most populous nation signal a harder line also forming on this side of the Atlantic.