Despite the transparent leftist political bias, this article presents a classic example of the unintended consequences of government action prompting more government action which, it should go without saying, will generate more unintended consequence.
The initial government action of permitting 1.4 million refugees to come into the country has created the consequence of crime but the article describes the consequence as being one of "fear" and creates the impression that the fear is baseless. So the politicians who generated the problem are now reacting to solve the fear it creates which might be wholly unnecessary.
In addressing that fear, German politicians propose systematically stripping Germans and ex-pats like me of fundamental rights of association, expression, privacy etc., the article implies that in addressing the "fear" the politicians are overreacting to the original problem rather than addressing it, or even assessing if the original problem, "crime," actually exists.
Nowhere in the article is the point made that there is no "right" to enter Germany as a refugee or otherwise except as European Union treaty requires. Because this principle has been ignored, real rights (association, expression, privacy, etc.) are infringed. What will be the unintended consequences of these actions? What will be the government reaction (emphasis on the "action" syllable) to cure those unintended consequences?
Your assessment of the German refugee invasion crisis makes valuable points about the effects it’s having on security, association, expression and privacy.
The one major flaw you need to correct is mislabeling the refugee crisis consequences as “unintended”.
Recent leaks from Soros sources indicate otherwise.
The Syrian refugee crisis / creation of ISIS was a deliberate case of orchestrating creative destruction for the “intended consequence” to affect EU governance.
Global powers that be and Soros directed puppet Obola to let slip the islamic dogs of war, for EU havoc.
Islam’s jihad on the west is war, plain and simple, and our leaders are all in on it, collaboratively working against us.
http://soros.dcleaks.com/fview/President/2016/international-migration-initiative-governance-and-enforcement-may-12-2016/imi_governance-enforcement-prd-5.12.2016.pdf
Various international groups are working to normalize the migrant crisis currently overtaking Europe, leaked memos from a George Soros organization reveal.
Produced by a group called DCLeaks.com, hacked documents taken from the billionaire’s Open Society Foundation International Migration Initiative Thursday illustrate the extent to which the group has been working to make nations accept the current migrant crisis as the “new normal.”
A nine-page memo entitled, “Migration Governance and Enforcement,” provides insight into how the NGO has influenced immigration policy on a global scale.
“The current refugee crisis is creating space to reconsider the governance of migration and the international refugee regime,” states the report, adding that the group’s ambitions include to “strengthen norm-setting” of immigration and to “more effectively protect the rights of migrants.”
“We aimed to prevent the violation of migrants’ rights by minimizing harsh border controls and decreasing the widespread use of detention and deportation,” the OSF report admits.
“We deliberately avoided the term ‘global governance’ because there is no single system at the global level for managing migration,” states the report prepared by Soros operatives Anna Crowley and Kate Rosin.
The leaked memo also makes it clear the NGO views the migrant crisis as an opportunity to expand its globalist agenda.
“As our aspirations have evolved, our targets have shifted from harm reduction to more proactive solutions-based policy influencing,” states the report.
“The current climate presents new opportunities for reforming migration governance at the global level, whether through the existing multi-lateral system, or by bringing together a range of actors to think more innovatively.”
The report also discusses failures to capitalize on opportunities to spur “grassroots level” support for migration and funding issues, but says “The refugee crisis is opening new opportunities for this.”
The leaked report also laments the “rise of the radical right,” and says immigration advocates’ “traditional arguments are not working,” however, the NGO is “experimenting with framings and argumentation, both at elite and popular levels.”
Rather than working out ways to stem the migrant flow, the report instead insists nations including those in Europe and the Mediterranean should accept the “current crisis as the new normal” and look ahead to long-term planning solutions.
“There is a need to create more space for reflection, stock-taking and development of mid- and longer-term strategies.”
I've often wondered what is behind this zealous drive to "absorb" unknowns in to German or European society. One thing I've always tried to first think about is "follow the money." With respect to 'immigrants' to Germany; maybe it isn't money but resources. So I looked for the latest I could find on where Germany gets its oil (as of 2005).
In adding up the percentages from the Islamic countries, the total comes to a little over 25%, the largest amount however, being 'non-Muslim' from Russia (34%). Just observations and certainly not a smoking gun (at least in 2005 numbers).
At this point, however, as you say the article blames 'fear' when real crime by refugees caused the fear. This in itself is both alarming and indicative of some very mixed up thinking. If this thinking is coming from government then it is truly a bad omen.
