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Germany's Migration Debate Intensifies After Recent Attacks

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pictured with light and shadow at the Meseberg palace near Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

A recent string of attacks in Germany, including a car-ramming incident in Munich, has reignited the country's sensitive migration debate. Last week, a car ploughed into demonstrators in Munich, resulting in two fatalities and numerous injuries. The suspect, a 24-year-old asylum-seeker from Afghanistan, is believed to have had Islamist extremist tendencies.

This tragic event in Munich is part of a series of recent attacks allegedly carried out by asylum-seekers facing deportation, prompting renewed discussions on migration policies in Germany. Following a deadly knife attack in Solingen last year, the German government implemented stricter asylum regulations and resumed deportation flights to Afghanistan for the first time since the Taliban's resurgence.

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