Merkel backs expelling refugees with suspended sentences too

If a refugee flouts the rules, then there must be consequences, she said

Chancellor Angela Merkel today backed a sharp toughening of expulsion rules for convicted refugees, saying that even those who have been given suspended sentences should also be required to leave Germany.

"If a refugee flouts the rules, then there must be consequences, that means that they can lose their residence right here regardless of whether they have a suspended sentence or a prison sentence," she said.