Germany and The Foreign Service in China

      Our Minister of East Asian Affairs picked up and interesting bit of foreign policy as practiced by our European ally, Germany.  The country's immigration policies have been much discussed of late as Angela Merkel prepares to leave her position as germany's leader.  She famously said we welcome refugees and promptly admitted over 1 million Syrian refugees along with many others.  It didn't take long for this statement to come back to haunt her.  Far right populists gathered and publicly rebuked the policy and its results.  However, other policies in place in Germany no doubt contribute.  If a foreign national obtains a German citizen sponsor, that foreign national is immediately given a visa to visit Germany.  It sounds extravagant if not careless in today's world.  That visa even allows the individual to work and live unmolested in the country.  The hook is this:  if that individual should run afoul of the law in any fashion, he/she is deported and all costs related to the process are borne by--- the sponsor.   Very interesting.  No stats were provided.  More research is needed in this area.
    Our Minister will look into this policy and report back.