Remigration

Remigration is the Unwort des Jahres (Unword of the Year) in Germany.

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Like the US, Europe and particularly Germany are stricken by a poorly controlled influx of migrants. In the Old World, they primarily come from Krisengebieten (crisis regions) in the Middle East or Africa and claim political persecution in their home country. This makes them eligible for political asylum. However, many who enter the European Union on adventurous routes are Wirtschaftsflüchlinge (economic migrants).

The latter should be returned to their home country, but the examination procedures are slow. If a deportation is finally successful, the same person is often found trying to enter the EU a second time.

The refugee situation in Europe is unsatisfactory. Germany is suffering, especially from the number of war refugees from Ukraine, who are never refused but are difficult to bring into work due to the language barrier. So, these refugees have to be financially supported for extended periods and are a financial burden to the Federal Republic.


On Saturday morning last November 25, far-right ideologues, representatives of the AfD, and financially strong supporters of the right-wing scene mingled at Landhaus Adlon in a suburb of Potsdam. The topic of the day: People should be able to be expelled from Germany based on racist criteria - regardless of whether they have a German passport or not.

An Austrian, Martin Sellner, author, leading head of the Neue Rechte  (New Right), and long-standing face of the far-right Identitarian Movement, was the first speaker. He was announced as the man with the master plan where the key word is "remigration."

The whole scenery has a sour aftertaste. Didn't leading representatives of the SS, NSDAP, and several Reich ministries decide on the Final Solution in a villa on Wannsee eight kilometers from here 82 years ago? And was salvation to come from an Austrian again?

Sellner explained: The settlement of foreigners in Germany must be reversed. Three target groups of migrants should leave the country: Asylum seekers, foreigners with the right to stay, and "non-assimilated citizens."

Mainly, the latter group should be directed towards remigration, as these people are the biggest "problem." Irrespective of whether they have a German passport, a distinction must be made between those who should be able to live in Germany unmolested and those to whom this fundamental right should not apply.

That is outrageous. Anyone who wants to drive migrants and citizens out of the country because of their origin and lifestyle is clearly undermining fundamental rights.

Among others, the meeting in Potsdam was attended by AfD party leader Alice Weidel's* personal advisor and the AfD parliamentary group leader in the State of Saxony-Anhalt.

*In the meantime, she fired him

The AfD party leaders immediately countered all these ideas, presenting themselves as a democratic force: "As a constitutional party, the AfD is unconditionally committed to the German nation as the sum of all people who have German citizenship." Immigrants with a German passport are "just as German as the descendants of a family that has lived in Germany for centuries" and: "There are no first or second-class citizens for us."

Thomas Haldenwang, President of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, recently warned on television: "Germans are not taking the threat to democracy seriously enough, "the silent majority must wake up."

Last weekend already, the revelation of the "master plan" to expel millions of people from Germany caused an outcry in the country. It incentivized thousands to take to the streets to "defend democracy."

And in Freiburg?

On January 17, Freiburg youth organizations are calling for a rally Gemeinsam gegen Rechtsextremismus (Together against right-wing extremism).

On January 20, the Omas gegen Rechts (Grannies Against the Right) form a human chain against hate.

On January 21, there will be a rally Demokratie schützen. Gegen faschistische Deportationspläne (Protecting democracy. Against fascist deportation plans.)

All events will take place in the Square of the Old Synagogue.

A ban on the populist AfD was called for. However, Red Baron agrees with many politicians and lawyers that banning the AfD is wrong. Even attempts in the direction of a ban could create a martyr role for the AfD.

"Banning a party does not make the supporters of right-wing ideologies disappear," seconded Haldenwang. "MPs would remain in parliament for the time being. Functionaries and sympathizers could join forces to form a new party." Anyway, a right-wing sediment will always remain and could even go underground.

Today, the television showed pictures of young AfD members in a disco club in Bavaria chanting, "Deutschland den Deutschen. Ausländer raus (Germany to the Germans. Foreigners out)."

The situation remains tense.

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