And i made to compromise proposal last week that puts me under pressure to negotiate. Not yet have the whole issue of migration under control if you eat soup requires so we must be able to immediately reject people at the port of seven. Missing to try to present jama not to hear opinion interests at the same time you seem to feel we are not responsible for the Many Political decisions that have to forbid europe by default in the least from. Nobody seeking the end of the coalition its all the kids at least nobody i know. Also coming up what the murder of a teenage girl did to the soul of a small german town and the politics of an entire nation. And then thats become a microcosm of germanys internal division taking in there around the country and fueling the call the rise at its roots against microsoft. Or we begin the day with Americas Mission impossible how to deliver in two weeks what no political leader has been able to do in three years it was the summer of two thousand and fifteen when an unprecedented influx of migrants into europe began and it coincided with the german chancellors controversial open door policy since then no one not even merrill has been able to find Common Ground in the European Union on how to deal with migration in fact the issue has polarized politics like never before we saw proof of that today in real time when chancellor im going to americal accepted it all to made him with a deadline of july first by then merkel will have performed a political miracle in europe or she herself could be headed for the history books. We believe that uncoordinated rejection of Asylum Seekers at our borders in the heart of europe could lead to a negative domino effect at germanys expense in get that these things will not happen automatically we in the c. D. O. Believe it is important that we first discussed the situation amongst ourselves and only after that will be enter into discussions with the c. S. U. We saw in spain you know workable decision is made i have decided and the Party Leaders agree with me that at that point it will be necessary to turn away refugees at all borders. And joining me tonight here at the big table is Julian Lehmann he is from the Global Public policy Institute Think Tank he has advised the German Foreign office on migration policies and right next to me our very own Political Correspondent simon young gentlemen welcome to the show simon let me start with you is there any reason to think that merkel can do in two weeks what she has been able to do the past three years well i dont see that i see that the timetable that shes been set by her very and conservative friends as as it wants a baby has they hope of two weeks to get Real Movement on the migrant question he wants to see you know the way for wood for resolving this european level if that doesnt happen he says hes going to take action have his police. Sending turning people back at the border and so on so those under a huge amount of pressure as shes talking about having bilateral negotiations with some of the other e. U. Countries shes meeting the new italian Prime Minister here in berlin the seeming to sort of talk about this question of course the italians one of the countries that is really faced a lot of migrant pressure recently and theyre not a total happy they too want to change the policy just like hosts a whole. Theres you know its a its a really really difficult choppy waters for Anglo American at the moment julian we know that the message from the interior minister seems to be if the European Union cannot agree on the migration policy then germany will act unilaterally is it feasible where we are right now just with the technology for Border Guards to determine at the border whether Asylum Seekers should be rejected i mean can they do that i mean youre alluding to the practical side of things and i i do in fact see practical as well as legal obstacles and first of all on the legal one as weve seen it also in the clip there is a procedure that normally needs to be followed even for those that have been registered somewhere else in other e. U. States and that procedure takes time so it goes against pushing someone immediately back right even if another country is is normally responsible for that state so thats a legal thing thats the whole question under the socalled double in law that is a unique law but on the practical side of things there are also obstacles i mean look we have more than eight hundred kilometers border line separating austria and in the very alone right and then more than seventy border crossings its not really possible to staff there was overnight. And then in fact many of the people who come to germany will have crossed another country right and imagine the situation where somebody has been registered in italy travels through austria then arrives in germany and germany says to the austrians look italy is responsible thats why were sending them back to australia what will be the reaction of the austrians be its its not on us and good luck trying to document all of that as well in so i mean so lets go to this meeting next week kim miracle can she put the pressure. On the rest of europe at that meeting i mean when the doors are shut and shes there with her counterparts can she look at them and say either you help me now or youre going to take me down and with me the european project as we know it well as you say good luck with doing that i mean merkel is in a in a weak place at the moment she doesnt really have friends around europe so i think if she was. Trying to say help me now i may not pay off and i dont think its about putting pressure exactly either what she needs to do is to set out a vision that that will work and there are two things really needs to make sure that the external border is well protected so talking about this Frontex Border Agency having that beefed up having it have real powers and be really effective possibly even doing the process of migrants wanting to come to europe doing the processing is in the states like north africa outside the European Union where they can get some processing you have their asylum claims looked at and the other thing is this question of how migrants are going to be distributed within the European Union how can you get a country like a stone miles away from any external board is you know to take people in that is the difficult persuading game that shes going to enjoy very briefly i mean can we talk about a more compassionate more humane migrant policy across europe if the e. U. Can even reach a deal. I mean if she can reach a deal now in the in the next two weeks then i think the only think thats really left is for her to try to forge an alliance between different like minded states and try to solve that question of both Border Protection and distribution because otherwise indeed its going to be politically difficult its not clear what she wants to do in the next two weeks because there have been conflicting reports you know we definitely will see julian leave it from the Global Public policy Institute Think Tank and our Political Correspondents i mean young gentleman thank you very much with the political tensions over migration have been fueled by several high profile Crimes Involving migrants in one case an Asylum Seeker is on trial for the killing of a fifteen Year Old Girl it has inflamed passions in the small town where the killing took place condo in western germany some residents say that the far right is exploiting the incident to whip up anti migrant sentiment w. s corresponded Young Starbuck reports. Watch over your children americas still in power thats the rallying cry here in come those all town these marches have become part of everyday life ever since mia a local school girl was murdered allegedly by an afghan refugee. Over the weekend about a hundred people from the womans alliance a far right group showed up thousands have turned out every month drawn from the right wing and the and thats the groups across germany. Most residents are outraged come the artist armin and his daughter nina say its unbearable you know i dont miss our homes our hundred people are abusing our town for their own purposes the far right is pretending to have certain reasons that arent the real reason theyre here and theyre paralyzing us. And barricaded ourselves in our house all day with the children because its too dangerous to go out now i wasnt looking both arming and mina are involved in efforts to combat right wing propaganda and town but army is now afraid to put up and not see signs outside his house. This the by the lets go to the last big demonstration i couldnt even pin them up on the wall much less put them up here the neo nazis grabbed them out of my hand and seriously threatened us all in fear within months and with ward. In march right wing extremists and hooligans broke through the cordon in front of our mens gallery and stormed into the courtyard and way luckily the police were there to prevent anything more serious from happening. Ever since the murder of fifteen year old mia can live in a three hijacked by heated women the rage of. Cullen has become a microcosm of germanys internal division striking a nerve around the country and fueling the call the rise attitudes against migration. Fortunately we have to expect that there will be more murders its a very critical situation because of all the microns that weve let into this country last minute i demand a fair minded policy and that the borders be closed off cities back then for. Most people here see things differently a distance thracian the residents confront the organizer of the right wing Womens Alliance for the first time face to face. On the phone company. Youre just doing this because you hate foreigners and you want to stop immigration thats why you are exploiting this murder. A peaceful town festival had been planned for this weekend and refugees have been explicitly invited. Do you two and just recently you dear. Boy theres a family of refugees were looking after who wanted to come today a mother and father and two School Aged Children but they were afraid to show up because of the demonstration of the mob plots and sinister because. In the end not many ways the nz came the tensions here seem to have kept many away but arming mina and their fellow citizens want to keep up the struggle and take back their beloved come down. Or guess who decided to tweet about the german migrant roughan expects this tinge of threat to the government of uncle americal thats right a monday morning in a shower of twitter activity by donald trump one tweet caught our attention because it suddenly targeted germany migrants in crime and heres what the u. S. President tweeted the people of germany are turning against their leadership as migration is rocking the already tenuous Berlin Coalition crime in germany is way up big mistake made all over europe in allowing millions of people in who have so strongly and violently changed their culture all that tweet is screaming for a fact check and sorry mr president but the statistics on crime the facts they contradict your claim according to a government report released last month germanys crime rate fell five percent last year to its lowest level in thirty years now betts despite the more than one million migrants who have come into the country since twenty fifteen whenever the last trump went on to tweet this we dont want what is happening with immigration in europe to have been with us. Well something tells me that the feeling is mutual mr president lets pick up the story now with our correspondent kirsten phenomena who joins me tonight from washington good evening to you karsten you know from where youre sitting how do you explain this tweet any idea what trump is trying to accomplish when clearly donald trump is trying to defend his own policies and hes catering to his base and hes playing to the fears and the prejudices that many of his supporters have when it comes to immigration donald trump has painted a very dark picture of europe repeatedly he has described as a continent that is swamped by refugees and other immigrants and where terrorism and crime is rentons of course never mind this is not covered by the facts but it is working among many of is support as we have encountered from supporters quite often and they have pitied us when they heard were from germany saying oh its so terrible what is happening in your home country and he said yeah yeah they are problems of is the with immigration but we can manage unemployment is at a record low the economys booming crime is quite low as weve just heard but they wont believe us they think we have brainwashed. They dont believe the statistics they dont believe the Mainstream Media but they believe donald trump because they think what he says c. E. O. Is right nevermind the facts. In with this tweet what do you think person has done with trump once and for all aldred himself as an enemy of chancellor merkel and the migration policy that she stands for. Well theres nothing new really i mean even during his Election Campaign he painted as his personal boogie man when it comes to in the gratian he claimed that he had and that she has ruined germany and that germany was a catastrophe as also mentioned other countries belgium france sweden where life is terrible because of immigrants and terrorists according to donald trump but angle on that and germany in particular has been his obsession both as economic competitors to the United States but also as a failed example of a wrong headed its immigration policy as he sees it or it carson stand by well talk with you again in just a moment it is not migration in europe but rather in the u. S. That is drawing condemnation tonight the u. When is calling the trumpet ministrations policy of separating Migrant Children from their parents at the Mexican Border unconscionable and there is a growing backlash inside the United States as well. Kept in cages more than eleven hundred people caught crossing the border illegally into south texas these photos the only glimpse of this facility allowed by the u. S. Border authorities the adults risk jail and separation from their children. Outside there is outrage protestors call for families to be reunited the trumpet ministrations new zero tolerance policy has triggered a fierce debate and drawn bipartisan condemnation. Now the president s own wife malani a trump has forced her concern over the countrys immigration laws. In a statement a spokeswoman for the first lady said mrs trump hates to see children some paraded from their families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful Immigration Reform she believes we need to be a country that follows all laws but also a country that governs with heart. Adults who enter the u. S. Illegally are now detained for first time offenses leaving their children in state care previously families have been allowed to Stay Together until their court dates since the change nearly two thousand children have been separated from their parents over a six week period. Or lets go back to chorused in washington and carson is the trouble ministration correct when it says that this family separation policy is simply a case of enforcing the current law. Not really the law that regulates how to deal with immigrants has been in place or the laws have been in place for some time republican president george w. Bush and the democratic president barack obama what has changed is the interpretation of the law according to the law should and can be separated from their parents when parents are accused of a crime and i want to trumpet ministration has done just a few months ago is to basically declare that anyone who enters the United States illegally is a criminal by the finish and therefore those children can and should be taken away from them other ministrations havent seen it that way and we know that some former first ladies theyve also waded into this debate this is what laura bush the wife to george w. Bush this is what she wrote in an op ed piece today she says i live in a border state i appreciate the need to enforce and protect our International Boundaries but this is zero tolerance policy is cruel it is immoral and it breaks my heart. The Administration Says that the harsh line on immigration is there to curb crime i mean how much crime are Illegal Immigrants responsible for in the United States. Well there has been some horrendous incident some terrible crimes committed by Illegal Immigrants and of course there is a problem with the drug smugglers with their gang members coming into the United States illegally but if you look at the oval or figures all the studies all serious studies basically have found out that crime among immigrants is actually lower than among the general populations or people who were born u. S. Citizens just one figure here about seven percent of the United States population are non citizens but only five percent of inmates in prisons. Noncitizens so clearly the think is tell a different story but of