Other fifteen states even shown any interest going to cause it is also worth remembering as well that the numbers of Asylum Seekers arriving in germany and the e. U. Is actually reduced in just in germany by the end of last year there were around one hundred seventy thousand. Registered Asylum Seekers in germany which if you compare that to at the height of whats become known as the of the refugee crisis there is numbers of tiny now its not the only change to Immigration Rules that were seeing here in germany lets take a look at another because starting today some refugees can apply to bring their immediate relatives to the country in Two Thousand And Sixteen the German Government suspended a Family Reunification to slow down the number of migrants arriving here now it has lifted that cap and we met a syrian refugee who hopes that the new ruling or reunite him with his wife and his daughter. Needs a lot more last look his wife and daughter in the eyes in august twenty fifteen
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living in germany and priority is also going to be given to humanitarian crises for example young children or those who are seriously ill ok so kate looking at the bigger picture we have two changes taking effect today in germany s immigration system why is the country changing that system we ve seen in the last few months germany s stands on migration policy getting tighter and tighter and tighter and that s largely a result of september s election last year when not only the conservatives but largely the conservatives they suffered huge losses to the fall right a.f.d. possy has an anti immigrant party and so now the the conservatives and particularly the sister party down in bavaria to. chancellor angela merkel s conservatives desperately trying to win back those votes that they lost now but of course there is even with these measures that we re seeing implemented today there is criticism now that as the numbers of refugees are going down whether really this is just a symbolic gestur