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| Merkel rules out migrant policy reversal after attacks | Merkel rules out migrant policy reversal after attacks |
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| Recent attacks in Germany involving asylum-seekers would not change its willingness to take in refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. | Recent attacks in Germany involving asylum-seekers would not change its willingness to take in refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. |
| She said the attackers "wanted to undermine our sense of community, our openness and our willingness to help people in need. We firmly reject this". | She said the attackers "wanted to undermine our sense of community, our openness and our willingness to help people in need. We firmly reject this". |
| But she did propose new measures to improve security. | But she did propose new measures to improve security. |
| These include information sharing, deciphering web chatter and tackling arms sales on the internet. | These include information sharing, deciphering web chatter and tackling arms sales on the internet. |
| What is going on in Germany? | What is going on in Germany? |
| Ansbach attacker: From asylum seeker to IS suicide bomber | Ansbach attacker: From asylum seeker to IS suicide bomber |
| What drives individuals to commit mass killings? | What drives individuals to commit mass killings? |
| Two recent attacks in Bavaria were both by asylum seekers. A suicide bomb attack in Ansbach on Sunday that injured 15 people was carried out by a Syrian who had been denied asylum but given temporary leave to stay. | Two recent attacks in Bavaria were both by asylum seekers. A suicide bomb attack in Ansbach on Sunday that injured 15 people was carried out by a Syrian who had been denied asylum but given temporary leave to stay. |
| An axe and knife attack on a train in Wuerzburg on 18 July that wounded five people was carried out by an asylum seeker from Afghanistan. | An axe and knife attack on a train in Wuerzburg on 18 July that wounded five people was carried out by an asylum seeker from Afghanistan. |
| Both men had claimed allegiance to so-called Islamic State. | Both men had claimed allegiance to so-called Islamic State. |
| The deadliest recent attack - in Munich on 22 July which left nine dead - was carried out by a German teenager of Iranian extraction but was not jihadist-related. | The deadliest recent attack - in Munich on 22 July which left nine dead - was carried out by a German teenager of Iranian extraction but was not jihadist-related. |
| 'We can do this' | 'We can do this' |
| Mrs Merkel, who interrupted her summer holiday to hold the news conference in Berlin, said the asylum seekers who had carried out the attacks had "mocked the country that welcomed them". | |
| But she insisted that those fleeing persecution and war had a right to be protected, and Germany would "stick to our principles" in giving shelter to the deserving. | But she insisted that those fleeing persecution and war had a right to be protected, and Germany would "stick to our principles" in giving shelter to the deserving. |
| Referring to the attacks that have taken place in France, Belgium, Turkey, the US and elsewhere, she said "taboos of civilisation" had been broken, and they were intended to "spread fear and hatred between cultures and between religions". | Referring to the attacks that have taken place in France, Belgium, Turkey, the US and elsewhere, she said "taboos of civilisation" had been broken, and they were intended to "spread fear and hatred between cultures and between religions". |
| But in reference to her famous phrase "Wir schaffen das" or "We can do this" - uttered last year when she agreed to take in a million migrants - Mrs Merkel said: "I am still convinced today that "we can do it". | But in reference to her famous phrase "Wir schaffen das" or "We can do this" - uttered last year when she agreed to take in a million migrants - Mrs Merkel said: "I am still convinced today that "we can do it". |
| "It is our historic duty and this is a historic challenge in times of globalisation. We have already achieved very, very much in the last 11 months". | "It is our historic duty and this is a historic challenge in times of globalisation. We have already achieved very, very much in the last 11 months". |
| Mrs Merkel said that "besides organised terrorist attacks, there will be new threats from perpetrators not known to security personnel". | Mrs Merkel said that "besides organised terrorist attacks, there will be new threats from perpetrators not known to security personnel". |
| To counter this, she said: "We need an early alert system so that authorities can see during the asylum request proceedings where there are problems." | To counter this, she said: "We need an early alert system so that authorities can see during the asylum request proceedings where there are problems." |
| Mrs Merkel added: "We will take the necessary measures and ensure security for our citizens. We will take the challenge of integration very seriously." | Mrs Merkel added: "We will take the necessary measures and ensure security for our citizens. We will take the challenge of integration very seriously." |
| Seven deadly days | Seven deadly days |
| A week of bloody attacks has frayed nerves in Germany, which led the way in accepting asylum seekers from Syria. To date, two of the attacks have been linked to a militant group: | A week of bloody attacks has frayed nerves in Germany, which led the way in accepting asylum seekers from Syria. To date, two of the attacks have been linked to a militant group: |
| Germans shaken by violence | Germans shaken by violence |
| German media on the attacks | German media on the attacks |
| WATCH: 'We must fight hate with love' | WATCH: 'We must fight hate with love' |