His announcement came as countries across Europe stepped up efforts this week to contain a migration crisis that is seeing thousands of people arrive on the continent every day with no coordinated strategy on how to deal with them.
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“I believe we could certainly deal with something in the order of a half-million for a few years,” Gabriel said Monday night in an interview with Germany’s public ZDF television. “I have no doubt about it — maybe even more.”
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will likely outline policy proposals for dealing with the flood of migrants on Wednesday, when he delivers his annual State of the Union address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
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