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Germany 'imported' migrants by making it well-known around the world that they'd accept anyone who claimed to be from Syria. This message was heard by trafficke

Germany 'imported' migrants by making it well-known around the world that they'd accept anyone who claimed to be from Syria. This message was heard by traffickers who passed it on to their victims by claiming they'd be welcomed with open arms by Merkel. Those victims - or the family of the victims who sent one of their sons to serve as 'anchor' - paid large sums to the traffickers to smuggle them into the Schengen zone, from where they could make their way into Germany or Sweden. Who claimed that Germany 'imported millions of illiterate people from Afghanistan'? I do not see that claim anywhere but in your last message. Bringing up Goebbels in a politically tainted discussion is counterproductive unless there is a clear cause to do so. In this case there is no such cause. Making claims of something being 'the usual tactics by the right wing propaganda' is even less helpful as all it does is polarise the discussion. Leave out the labels, the epithets, stop comparing with Nazi tactics. If you don't think you can 'win' without resorting to such means there is a good chance you don't have anything useful to add to the discussion.

lispm 10y ago
Germany did not make anything like that 'well-known' around the world. Refugees have been fleeing for some time from Syria, especially when the war escalated. People from North Africa increasingly come to Europe, especially because the events of the last decade: war, collapse of order, economic problems, ... Claiming that all these people come to Germany, because we imported or invite them is just a lie. The wave of refugees coming to Germany from Syria was especially, because no one else helped them, just when the war escalated. Some EU countries don't get enough help dealing with refugees and others simply refuse to provide help. In the past German politics wasn't very helpful either and the problem slowly escalated over time. But one of the root causes are failed politics of regime change in middle east and north africa. 1, 2 or 3 million refugees in Germany is not the biggest problem. The much bigger problem is ending the war in Syria, which is to a large part caused or fueled by countries like the US, Russia, Iran, the Saudis, ... If the war ends, many refugees could return home... which would take years. You brought up the illiteracy rate of Afghanistan, not me. Don't whine when you spread right-wing propaganda that you sound like Goebbels. That's all from Nazi propaganda: Überfremdung durch Massen von Untermenschen, Politiker als Volksverräter, ...

lispm 10y ago

Germany did not make anything like that 'well-known' around the world. Refugees have been fleeing for some time from Syria, especially when the war escalated. People from North Africa increasingly come to Europe, especially because the events of the last decade: war, collapse of order, economic problems, ... Claiming that all these people come to Germany, because we imported or invite them is just a lie. The wave of refugees coming to Germany from Syria was especially, because no one else helped them, just when the war escalated. Some EU countries don't get enough help dealing with refugees and others simply refuse to provide help. In the past German politics wasn't very helpful either and the problem slowly escalated over time. But one of the root causes are failed politics of regime change in middle east and north africa. 1, 2 or 3 million refugees in Germany is not the biggest problem. The much bigger problem is ending the war in Syria, which is to a large part caused or fueled by countries like the US, Russia, Iran, the Saudis, ... If the war ends, many refugees could return home... which would take years. You brought up the illiteracy rate of Afghanistan, not me. Don't whine when you spread right-wing propaganda that you sound like Goebbels. That's all from Nazi propaganda: Überfremdung durch Massen von Untermenschen, Politiker als Volksverräter, ...