4,000 troops are on standby as Germany struggles to cope with the migrant influx
The German Defence Minister has admitted that the country verges on "an emergency" after cracks have begun to emerge in the 'German generosity'.
Germany has been viewed as a leader on Europe’s worst refugee crisis for 70 years, with Chancellor Angela Merkel's expectation that the country will take in 800,000 this year alone.
However, the move appears to have backfired as German towns struggle to process the unprecedented number of arrivals.