"For those applying for asylum … I don't see how it could be implemented on time".
Nearly a thousand men involved in feuds have escaped abroad, some of them applying for asylum.
Nor would applying for asylum be of much use, as earlier arrivals from Africa well know.
In 2014, Germany had 202,815 people applying for asylum, according to Eurostat.
To my surprise, one of the questions for applying for asylum was: "What is your sect?
In 2015, Eritreans accounted for the largest group of people applying for asylum in the UK, with 3,726 applications.
Advocates for the Haitians say they are no more likely to flee than other immigrants applying for asylum.
Hashem Alsouki, a Syrian applying for asylum in Sweden, said: "We consider Merkel better than any other world ruler.
But, a hundred and fifty days after applying for asylum, a person has the right to obtain a work permit.
Now they say for the first time the fingerprints don't matter and we can start applying for asylum again.
Where else, they ask, could terrorists receive housing, unemployment benefit and legal protection just by applying for asylum?
