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  • Migrant deportations often hit the wrong people, Merkel ally warns

    05/06/2018 7:49:04 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 14 replies
    TheLocal.de ^ | 4 May 2018 15:31 CEST+02:00
    After a large group of migrants aggressively tried to prevent the deportation of a Togolese man this week, right-wing politicians called for mass deportations. But a senior Christian Democrat (CDU) figure said on Friday that deportations can have a bad impact on families. “Deportations often hit the wrong people — families who have lived in Germany for an eternity and who are well integrated,” Daniel Günther, the Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein told the Funke Media Group. Günther, who is a key figure in Angela Merkel’s CDU made the comments in reaction to calls for more deportations of migrants after ugly scenes...
  • Clashes at migrant hostel stir German integration fears

    05/03/2018 6:49:28 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 9 replies
    Reuters ^ | May 3, 2018 | by Staff
    BERLIN - Police raided a migrant shelter in southern Germany on Thursday three days after officers clashed with residents over the deportation of an asylum seeker from Togo. The unrest at the shelter in the southern town of Ellwangen has been seized upon by politicians from across the spectrum to highlight the difficulties Germany faces in integrating the more than 1.6 million migrants who have arrived since 2014 and that the influx poses a security risk. Police said it arrested a handful of individuals suspected of drugs offences during Thursday’s raid and moved 17 residents of the hostel, home to...