Germany expects record 'up to 800,000' asylum-seekers this year

Germany expects to receive up to 800,000 asylum-seekers in 2015, a new record, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Wednesday, as he urged action from Europe on the crisis. Germany has struggled to accommodate a wave of asylum-seekers from war zones such as Syria but also from countries without military conflict in southeastern Europe, including Albania, Serbia and Kosovo. Europe's biggest economy has become the top destination for those fleeing war and persecution but de Maiziere said o