Germany is preparing to receive a large influx of migrants over the next few days, officials say, with as much as 40,000 expected in Munich over the weekend.<br />Germany is a top destination for Syrian and other refugees and migrants seeking shelter, with tens of thousands making their way from Turkey, through Greece, Macedonia and Hungary to Austria then Germany.<br />Munich mayor Dieter Reiter urged other German regions to do more to accommodate the influx of migrants, calling the failure to do so "scandalous," according to the BBC.<br />Despite the popular backing, the government's welcoming attitude to refugees has sparked discord within Merkel's conservative camp of CDU Christian Democrats and their CSU Bavarian allies.<br />CSU vice president Hans-Peter Friedrich called Merkel's decision "an unprecedented political error" that would have "catastrophic consequences", according to a report published Friday in the Passauer Neue Presse daily.
