Germany: Left-Wing Government Halts Afghan Refugee Admissions

In light of concerns that the refugee system is being abused, Germany has suspended Afghan refugee admissions. The move comes amid allegations that migrants are taking advantage of the open borders policy to gain access to the country.

Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, Germany has issued over 28,600 visas to Afghan nationals, with around 30,000 Afghans being able to enter the country. But even this falls short of the “promised” 44,000 visas. Moreover, Germany’s generosity towards refugees is being exploited, with many jihadis making false claims to gain asylum status.

As previously reported at RAIR Foundation USA, Germany’s only conservative party, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), tried to stop the government from admitting Afghan refugees in 2021. MP Sven Tritschler from the (AfD) declared during a speech in parliament that there is no place for “refugees” from Afghanistan in Germany. The politician slammed the country’s open borders government and its policy to flood the country with more sharia-adherent “unskilled” Afghani workers.

He asserted that 99% of Afghans believe in the implementation of Sharia. The party was fighting to stop incompatible and dangerous Islamic refugees from entering Germany, explained MP Tritschler:

According to a recent survey 99% of Afghans support Sharia law. 85% want stoning for unfaithful wives. 79% are in favor of killing apostates. The attitude toward Jews and homosexuals is obvious there. Ladies and gentlemen, this is what they want to bring to our country by the hundreds of thousands. We, the AfD, are the only party that says: “No, thank you!”, ladies and gentlemen.

According to Tritschler, these beliefs are incompatible with the principles of a democratic society, making it impossible for Afghans to integrate into German society.

During this speech to the parliament, MP Tritschler reminded parliament that even former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt from the leftist Social Democratic Party opposed Afghan “refugees.” He read a quote from the famous Chancellor [1974-1982] that states:

“Immigration from Afghanistan brings with it considerable problems. It is a different civilization. Not due to their different genes, not because of their different ancestry, but because of the way they were raised as infants, the way they were raised as toddlers, the way they were raised as schoolchildren, the way they were raised as children in families.”

Chancellor Merkel’s open-door migration policy has allowed more than a million primarily unskilled migrants from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East into Germany. After flooding the German country with welfare recipients, Merkel claimed they needed even more refugees to tackle the so-called “shortage of skilled workers.” MP Tritschler addressed the left’s migrant worker assertions, stating,

And we don’t need these people either. They aren’t skilled workers. At least not for what’s needed in Germany. The so-called “shortage of skilled workers” is a fairytale told by migration lobbyists and business associations who want to decrease wage levels in Germany. Do you know what the “skilled worker shortage” used to be called? It was called full-time employment, and that’s a good thing, especially for employees, ladies and gentlemen. They can’t negotiate any better.

MP Tritschler reminded parliament that Germans do not owe the Afghanis anymore than they have already given,

We gave the Afghan government an army, we trained and equipped it. Nominally, this force was far superior to the Taliban. What did the soldiers do at the slightest sign of danger? They ran away, or they defected. No, ladies and gentlemen, our citizens, our country owe Afghanistan nothing.

The AfD Politician condemned Germany’s other political parties for abandoning Germans and putting Afghans over its citizens. He took specific aim at two of Germany’s largest parties, Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP), stating,

Dear CDU, dear FDP, you have something in common with the Afghan army. You surrender without fighting.

Despite the AfD’s warnings, the left-wing government still opened its doors to “refugees” from Islamic Afghanistan. After flooding the country with ten of thousands of more Afghans, the left-wing government is now halting more Afghans from entering. Considering German policies since 2015 on mass Islamic immigration, it will not be long until they open the floodgates again.