Nearly three-quarters of Germans are concerned that their country could not cope with another wave of illegal migrants from the Middle East amid the ongoing conflict in Iran.
A survey from Forsa found that 73 per cent of people in Germany are concerned about the ability of their country to take in more migrants from Iran, with the country already playing host to the largest number of Iranians in Europe, with the diaspora in the country standing at around 319,000 people, broadcaster NTV reported.
According to the poll, around 80 per cent of supporters of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) coalition expressed concern over more migrants straining the system.
Such concerns jumped to 98 per cent among voters who back the anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Even a strong majority of left-wing Social Democrat voters expressed concern
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