www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2015&#x2F;aug&#x2F;25&#x2F;angela-merkel-visit-asylum-shelter-attacks<p>The government has announced a relaxing of the Dublin agreement, under which refugees are supposed to be sent back to the country in which they entered the EU to apply for asylum. Many war refugees, particularly from Syria, were being sent back to Italy and Greece. Germany has now said it will process the majority of such claims.<p>Merkel’s deputy and economics minister, Sigmar Gabriel, and the foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, both of the Social Democrats, a junior partner in Germany’s coalition government, have proposed a 10-point plan for Europe’s response to the refugee crisis. The pair called for a unified EU-wide response including fair distribution of refugees across Europe.<p>“As Europeans we owe it to ourselves and to the world to rise to the great challenge posed by these people looking for help,” they wrote. “We must pursue a European asylum, refugee and migration policy that is founded on the principle of solidarity and our shared values of humanity.”<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;26&#x2F;us-europe-migrants-merkel-idUSKCN0QV1LL20150826" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;26&#x2F;us-europe-migrants...</a><p>&quot;There is no tolerance for those people who question the dignity of others, no tolerance for those who are not willing to help where legal and human help is required,&quot; Merkel told reporters and local people in the town of Heidenau.<p>&quot;The more people who make that clear ... the stronger we will be,&quot; she said, offering a message of support to those who have suffered abuse.