{"id":13267,"date":"2024-09-09T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/?p=13267"},"modified":"2024-09-08T22:15:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T02:15:38","slug":"as-regional-elections-loom-germany-pursues-deportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2024\/09\/09\/as-regional-elections-loom-germany-pursues-deportation\/","title":{"rendered":"As Regional Elections Loom, Germany Pursues Deportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Christian Montanez<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Staff Writer<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"ose-gettyimages ose-uid-366f543ee9f038cea3da147ba6345f2a ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:723px; height:623px; max-height:623px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"GettyImages\"><a id=\"TgKTV-nVSdJJFbA6Mo6HRw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2169310797\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:\"TgKTV-nVSdJJFbA6Mo6HRw\",sig:\"4E3ZVptcA48vugl7ACWC71I3pu_vQ8Z9zqzoBRV7VjM=\",w:\"594px\",h:\"395px\",items:\"2169310797\",caption: false ,tld:\"com\",is360: false })});<\/script><script src=\"\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" async><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\tif (typeof gie === 'function') {\n\t\t\t\t\tgie(function(){\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar iframe = document.querySelector('.ose-embedpress-responsive iframe');\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif(iframe && !iframe.getAttribute('title')){\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tiframe.setAttribute('title', '')\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On August 23, a mass casualty stabbing rocked Solingen, Germany as its people were honoring the city\u2019s 650<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> anniversary of the Festival der Vielfalt, or Festival of Diversity. The horrific attack carried out by an alleged member of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) left three people dead and eight wounded, reports <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cewlzkq5x74o\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BBC News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0 It has been revealed that the main suspect is a Syrian national who entered Germany in December 2022. According to BBC News, the suspect should have been deported to Bulgaria, but officials had failed to locate him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the Solingen Festival stabbing, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that Germany will resume deportation flights of convicted criminals of Afghan nationality to Afghanistan. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/30\/europe\/germany-deports-28-afghan-migrants-intl\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CNN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Germany has not deported individuals to Afghanistan since the Taliban seized control in August of 2021, due to human rights and safety concerns. However, there has been a clear shift in the government&#8217;s attitude towards deportation. Both Scholz and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser have expressed desires to expedite the repatriation process for convicted criminals and those not protected under Germany\u2019s asylum policy, a far step from former Chancellor Angela Merkel\u2019s open-door policy. The first deportation flight departed on August 30 from Leipzig, carrying 28 Afghan nationals via Qatar Airlines, reports <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/30\/europe\/germany-deports-28-afghan-migrants-intl\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CNN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Qatar has been instrumental during the deportation process, due to its role as a mediator between Afghanistan and Germany\u2019s negotiations over repatriation, says <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/germany-says-it-resumes-deportations-afghanistan-2024-08-30\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reuters<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Outside of deportation, Germany\u2019s coalition government has announced new changes to asylum policies. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/germany-migration-afd-elections-vote-olaf-scholz-terrorism\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Politico<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Germany plans to withhold benefits for asylum seekers who did not enter Europe through Germany as their first country, appealing to the Dublin Convention. Additionally, Germany wishes to remove the protected status of any refugee who returns to their home country without possessing a compelling reason to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These overall policy revisions come at a pivotal time within German politics. Regional elections in Thuringia and Saxony are on the horizon and immigration is a hot seat issue. In the aftermath of the Solingen attack, Scholz\u2019s coalition found itself under pressure from the German right-wing party, The Alternate for Germany (AfD). The AfD has a notably stricter stance on immigration and asylum. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/02\/europe\/afd-germany-election-thuringia-saxony-intl\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CNN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, AfD cofounder called for \u201cthe immediate expulsion of all illegal immigrants from [Germany.] All criminals, all extremists must leave.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite Germany leaning liberal for decades, the AfD is making significant strides towards contending with Scholz Social Democratic Party. This is bolstered by the immigration status of the suspect in the Solingen attack. As of September 4, CNN reports that the AfD has finished the Thuringian election in first place with 32.8 percent of the vote and second place in Saxony with 30.6 percent, while the SPD finished in fifth place. This political strife could provide an explanation to why Scholz\u2019s center-left coalition has petitioned for stricter immigration legislation. According to CNN, this is the first time since 1945 that a far-right political party has won a state election in Germany. This trend is worrying for the SPD coalition with the federal election approaching in September 2025.\u00a0 If the AfD gains enough momentum, there could be a complete shift in German politics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Image courtesy of <em>Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 23, a mass casualty stabbing rocked Solingen, Germany as its people were honoring the city\u2019s 650th anniversary of the Festival der Vielfalt, or Festival of Diversity. 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