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The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has described the migrant crisis as "an historic test" for Europe.
Defending her policy on migrants at the annual conference of her CDU party, Mrs Merkel said that Germany was standing by its humanitarian duties.
But she said the flow of migrants would be reduced - a step that some members of the party have been calling for.
The German government says it expects more than a million refugees to have come to Germany by the end of 2015.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35091960
Having let in a million refugees (and there'll be more to follow via families etc. I'm sure) maybe she's extra keen on free movement because she'll be hoping a good number of them can be moved on elsewhere in the EU (to countries which didn't 'welcome' them in the first place).