NUREMBERG (dpa-AFX) - Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) will visit the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees on Monday to find out about the current situation regarding asylum procedures in Germany. The Federal Office is working at the limits of its capacity in view of the large number of applications. Scholz recently spoke out in favor of faster deportation of criminals among asylum seekers, including to countries of origin such as Afghanistan and Syria.

Scholz then travels on to the medical equipment manufacturer Siemens Healthineers. The DAX-listed company is one of the global players in the industry and provides high-tech equipment such as computer tomographs as well as complete technical solutions for hospitals.

Finally, Scholz is expected to visit an organic farm in Markt Erlbach (district of Neustadt an der Aisch/Bad Windsheim) in the evening./dm/DP/he