Merkel allies say Germany must favour Christian migrants
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By Frank Zeller (AFP) 1 hour ago in World
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Bavarian allies have called for tougher immigration rules in Germany that favour migrants from Europe's "Christian-occidental cultural sphere", according to a party paper seen by AFP Thursday.
The CSU party also has demanded a ban on the Muslim full-face and partial-face veils, an end to dual citizenship, iron-clad rules that newcomers socially integrate and learn German as well as an upper limit of 200,000 asylum seekers a year.
The party -- which has long and fervently attacked Merkel's liberal stance on refugees that welcomed a million asylum seekers into the EU's top economy last year -- plans to present the paper at a meeting starting Friday.
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