The leader of Germany’s Jewish community has backed calls for refugee quotas, warning that many asylum-seekers are from cultures marked by “hate towards Jews and intolerance”.
Josef Schuster’s comments come amid a widening split over the issue between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Bavaria-based CSU, sister party to her CDU. Ms Merkel has generally resisted such restrictions but is under increasing pressure from her Bavarian allies to toughen her stance.
Even though Germany’s Jewish community is small, its views tend to carry great weight because of the country’s responsibility for the Holocaust.
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