Next German interior minister vows to be tough on migrants
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Germany's designated interior minister vows to speed up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers once he takes office next week.
Horst Seehofer, who is currrently still the governor of Bavaria, said Sunday he wants to implement a "plan for accelerated asylum procedures and consequent deportations."
Seehofer will be part of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's future Cabinet, which will be sworn in Wednesday.
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He told weekly paper Bild am Sonntag, "We want to remain a cosmopolitan and liberal country. But when it's about the security of our citizens, we need a strong state."
Germany welcomed over 1 million migrants between 2015 and 2016. But the arrival of the mostly Muslim migrants has led to a backlash against immigrants in parts of the German population.