--- description: Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schaeuble says Germany's capacity to deal with more migrants is "limited" title: Germany Can't Take Many More Migrants, Minister Says image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6eaba638df01e9a/6988701c428a9e1de1cd0006/rtx1uzzb.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Germany Nearing Its Capacity to Handle Migrants, Finance Minister Says by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 9, 2015 6:13 AM CUT  German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble attends a session of the lower house of Parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin on Nov. 6, 2015 German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble attends a session of the lower house of Parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin on Nov. 6, 2015Hannibal Hanschke—Reuters by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 9, 2015 6:13 AM CUT Germany is nearing a point where it will no longer be able to accommodate the continuing influx of migrants, the country’s Finance Minister [said](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/08/us-europe-migrants-germany-schaeuble-idUSKCN0SX0TX20151108#LgDtzkVkWimSpVST.97 "undefined") on Sunday. “We need to send a clear message to the world: we are very much prepared to help, we’ve shown that we are, but our possibilities are also limited,” Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble said in a television interview with German broadcaster ARD, Reuters reported. Germany is a terminus for the massive population of migrants escaping conflict in the Middle East, with between 800,000 and 1 million refugees slated to arrive in the country in 2015\. Though the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel has been by and large hospitable to the growing immigrant population, some politicians have pushed for tighter asylum policies. Schäuble spoke in favor of a measure that would, among other things, prohibit family members of refugees from joining them in the country. “I think it’s a necessary decision and I’m very much in favor that we agree on this in the coalition,” he said. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/08/us-europe-migrants-germany-schaeuble-idUSKCN0SX0TX20151108#LgDtzkVkWimSpVST.97 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4104408/germany-migrant-crisis-schaeuble/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4104408/germany-migrant-crisis-schaeuble/"},"headline":"Germany Nearing Its Capacity to Handle Migrants, Finance Minister Says","datePublished":"2015-11-09T06:13:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:26:38.730Z","description":"The country is expected to receive 800,000 to 1 million refugees this year","url":"https://time.com/4104408/germany-migrant-crisis-schaeuble/","keywords":["Immigration","Germany","angela merkel","migrant crisis"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6eaba638df01e9a/6988701c428a9e1de1cd0006/rtx1uzzb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6eaba638df01e9a/6988701c428a9e1de1cd0006/rtx1uzzb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"German Finance Minister Schaeuble attends a session of the German lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin","caption":"German Finance Minister Schaeuble attends a session of the German lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin","creditText":"Hannibal Hanschke—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4104408/germany-migrant-crisis-schaeuble/","name":"Germany Nearing Its Capacity to Handle Migrants, Finance Minister Says"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Desperate Crossing","description":"TIME gets exclusive access to the Greek coast guard as they search for, and rescue migrants","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Chck0kIJ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-09-09T22:47:25.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Chck0kIJ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4104408/germany-migrant-crisis-schaeuble/","duration":"PT3M24S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4104408/germany-migrant-crisis-schaeuble/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```