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Head of German refugee office quits amid asylum seeker crisis

Published: 17 Sep 2015 - 01:27 pm | Last Updated: 12 Nov 2021 - 08:40 am
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BERLIN- The head of Germany's Office for Migration and Refugees, which has been criticized for being slow in processing applications from a record number of asylum seekers, has resigned for personal reasons, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

Manfred Schmidt had been president of the Office since 2010.

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