Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told a cabinet meeting on Wednesday that 21,000 people had been repatriated last year and 35,000 in the first seven months of this year. He wants to repatriate at least 100,000 this year.
Merkel, in office for 11 years and considering running again next year, has seen her approval ratings sink to a five-year low of 45 percent from 67 percent a year ago. Her conservatives are polling just 33 percent support, down from 41 percent a year ago, according to an Infratest Dimap poll by ARD TV.
With her party facing humiliating defeats in two state elections this month, she told the lawmakers that it was important to take the public's concerns seriously.
ドイツの2つの州でメルケルの党が負けて、大量の移民についての国民の懸念を真剣に受け止めざるを得ず、帰国しても危険のない国からの難民申請者10万人については国に送還する予定だ、と。