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epa06784162 The leader of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the parliamentary group Christian Lindner speaks during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, 04 June 2018. Germany's Free Democratic Party (FDP) presented their plans on requesting a committee of inquiry on the topic of unlawfully approved asylum applications by the Office for Migration and Refugees (Bundesamt fuer Migration und Fluechtlinge, BAMF). A former employee at the BAMF's regional Bremen branch may have issued positive answers to some 1,200 requests for asylum in Germany despite the Bremen office not being authorized to do so. Reports state three lawyers and two other persons may have organized the contacts to Bremen office from 2013 to 2016. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN