DISINFO: Angela Merkel lied that migrants are mostly children and mothers
SUMMARY
Angela Merkel has made the biggest mistake lying to the German people. She said Germany will manage to deal with the migration crisis. Merkel has lied to the German people that immigrants are mostly children and mothers. Instead, most of them are young adult males.
RESPONSE
No evidence is given: Angela Merkel never said that the migrants are mostly mothers and children. A recurring pro-Kremlin narrative about Angela Merkel. Germany, together with other EU-countries, is working intensively to combat the causes that lead to people fleeing their home countries and illegal migration. According to the German government, Germany stands by its legal and humanitarian obligations and helps refugees, who are on the brink of flight. Within the EU, Germany is committed to a crisis-proof common asylum system based on solidarity. In Germany, as of January 2020, among the asylum seekers who filed an application, 42.1 per cent were girls and women. The lowest proportion of women was found in the age group of 18 to 25-year-olds, around 33 per cent. Among children (under 16 years of age) the gender ratio is more balanced, with boys only slightly predominant. Since 2016, the proportion of women among the refugees has increased by almost 8 percentage points. On average, the refugees are young: about 72% of the asylum seekers who submitted an application in January 2020 were under 30 years old. Minors made up about half of the asylum seekers. Read further disinformation cases on the migration crisis.