Merkel urged to shut ‘open door’ policy on refugees after Paris attacks

Bavarian allies cranked up pressure on German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday to reverse her “open-door” refugee policy, saying the deadly attacks in Paris underlined the need for tougher measures to control the influx of migrants.

The co-ordinated assault in the French capital has fuelled a debate in Germany over Merkel’s welcoming approach to refugees and on how to pin down better intelligence about people entering the country.

The holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen from Friday night’s attacks passed through Greece in October, a Greek minister said, and another suspected attacker was thought to have entered Europe the same way.