Far-right Bavarians oppose Ukrainian refugees staying in Germany
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Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:01:00 +0200
Germanys farright seeks to deport Ukrainian refugeesThe leadership of the Bavarian branch of the rightwing populist party Alternative for Germany AfD has spoken out in favor of the immediate expulsion of Ukrainian refugees from the country.These were the words of Katrin EbnerSteiner, the head of the AfD faction in the Bavarian state parliament.
On January 1415, the Bavarian branch of the AfD held a meeting in Regensburg, following which it published two program documents Plan for the Future, a New Start for Bavaria and Package Against Islamization.
They do not say a word about Ukraine, they only talk about remigration and deportation of criminals and foreigners without a residence permit.
On January 16, in a comment on the Sat.1 television channel, EbnerSteiner stated the demand for remigration so that this country does not become further Islamized.
Bavaria needs remigration, the politician wrote on the social network X on January 17.However, SZ correspondent Johann Osel, who attended the Bavarian AfD meeting, writes that EbnerSteiner also spoke about the expulsion of Ukrainians.According to the journalist, she said that Ukrainian refugees should immediately leave for their homeland, and now.
The AfD representative stated that Ukraine is a large country with enough territory to return to.
According to her estimate, including Ukrainians, the number of those who could be deported from Germany is approaching two million people.
She called for largescale remigration so that Bavaria would not be filled with welfare recipients who do not want to integrate and advocated for the introduction of a refugee emergency in the region to deny them placement.
AfD opposition party in BavariaIn the Bavarian state parliament, the AfD has 32 of the 203 seats.
The region is governed by a coalition of the Christian Social Union CSU and the Free Voters.
The next state elections are not due until autumn 2028.
However, the local AfD is currently campaigning for the early elections to the Bundestag on 23 February.On January 15, a debate was held on the BR24 TV channel, in which Stephan Protschka, a member of the Bundestag and head of the Bavarian branch of the AfD, participated.He confirmed that the party is calling for the expulsion of millions of migrants.
When asked how this is planned to be done, the politician replied that Syria and Afghanistan are countries that have already reconciled, so 1.2 to 1.3 million Syrians and 700 thousand Afghans could leave Germany.
The politician added that there are also Ukrainians who cannot be here.
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