# Merkel says Germany can manage the 2015 refugee inflow

Date: 2015

On 31 August 2015 the chancellor said “wir schaffen das” as arrivals surged via the Western Balkans. Interior practice suspended Dublin returns for Syrians for a period. A slogan is not a statute; the border practice is the event.

## People

- Angela Merkel: https://factrail.ai/people/angela-merkel

## Drivers

- Migration-policy restrictiveness and border control: https://factrail.ai/drivers/mig-policy-restrictiveness

## Sources

- https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/2015/9/germany-refugees
- https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/sommerpressekonferenz-von-bundeskanzlerin-merkel-848504

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/de-wir-schaffen-das-2015