EU quota system 'will not let migrants choose destination'
Migrants will not get to choose what country they go to under a proposed European Union quota system to share the burden of new arrivals, a German government official has warned.
Germany, which is a favoured destination and has taken the most asylum seekers in the 28-nation EU, wants an agreement on quotas but faces resistance from several other countries.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told the Tagesspiegel daily that if refugees get protection in Europe they must accept being distributed around the EU.
He said: "There can be no free choice of residence for refugees. That doesn't exist anywhere in the world."
In Munich, main point of entry for migrants to Germany, police said a total of 12,200 migrants arrived on Saturday and the flow is continuing into the city.
Federal police spokesman Simon Hegewald said more than 700 people fleeing their homelands arrived at the city's main station on Sunday morning.
Officials in Munich were putting up tents but say their capacity to house the newcomers arriving from Hungary via Austria is being stretched to the limit. They are calling for more help from other places in Germany.
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