German minister: Don’t link Paris killings to immigrants

Germany’s interior minister warns against linking the terror attacks in Paris to the record influx of asylum seekers into Europe.

“I would like to make this urgent plea to avoid drawing such swift links to the situation surrounding refugees,” Thomas de Maiziere says, after a crisis cabinet meeting on Friday night’s attacks.

A woman hugs a baby wrapped in an emergency blanket as refugees and migrants arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on October 1, 2015. (AFP Photo/Aris Messinis)
A woman hugs a baby wrapped in an emergency blanket as refugees and migrants arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on October 1, 2015. (AFP Photo/Aris Messinis)

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