1.   In May, after months of bickering, parliament amended the asylum law.

2.   In the past six years there have been three asylum laws stiffening up procedures.

3.   They have coincided with a sharp rise in refugees taking advantage of liberal asylum laws.

4.   But the Left claims that the Chancellor is simply pandering to the far-Right by tampering with the asylum laws.

5.   -- Reform asylum laws.

6.   A new asylum law was passed, slashing the number of refugees allowed into the country each year.

7.   A new asylum law drafted to help integrate refugees into society is stalled in Parliament.

8.   But the influx of tens of thousands more led to an anti-foreigner backlash and calls for tighter asylum laws.

9.   But the tightening of immigration and asylum laws, together with the beefed-up security, has forced migrants to be more cunning and to hire professional smugglers.