Top News German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer opposed the idea of a general ban on the deportation of refugees who converted to Christianity. "Those who really need protection will receive it in Germany," Zehofer told the Protestant news agency.
As for Iranian asylum seekers, it is important for him to make asylum decisions individually and on a case-by-case basis, not through a general decision that includes everyone.
The former head of the parliamentary bloc of the Christian Alliance, belonging to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, demanded that Muslim asylum seekers, who converted to Christianity in Germany, should not be deported to Iran. "We want to adjust the assessment of the situation in Iran as we do for Afghanistan and Syria, so as to prevent the conversion of Christians to Iran until further notice," said Volker Kauder, who has been in charge of Christian rights in the world for years. .
"I will not hesitate in this existential issue for many Christians, and I will ask after the summer recess from Interior Minister Horst Seehofer to work for it," he said, adding that so far no progress has been made in the talks. With the Ministry on this matter.
Churches in Germany have repeatedly called for special laws for refugees from Muslim countries and want to convert to Christianity, but no law has been passed prohibiting the mass deportation of rejected refugees in general.
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Refugees in Germany – From the "Welcome Culture" to the "Transfer Policy"
The beginning of the wave
On 25 August 2015, Germany suspended the implementation of the Dublin Agreement towards Syrian refugees. The agreement provides for the repatriation of refugees to a country that has entered the European Union. A few days later Chancellor Merkel said that overcoming the wave of asylum was a "great national mission" and insisted that "Germany will succeed in this task." Fearing a tragedy that would be solved by thousands of refugees, Merkel decided, along with Austria, to welcome the refugees, on 5 September 2015.
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Refugees in Germany – From the "Welcome Culture" to the "Transfer Policy"
Reception and welcome
"Welcome Culture" was an important element in the reception of refugees in the autumn of 2015. On arrival in a number of German cities, the refugees received an unprecedented welcome from German and foreign German volunteers, who provided moral and material assistance to many of them. In Munich, for example, temporary restaurants were set up for refugees who are expected to register with the police and transfer them to the shelters.
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Refugees in Germany – From the "Welcome Culture" to the "Transfer Policy"
Housing crisis
A large number of refugees came to Germany after Merkel's decision of 2015. The increasing numbers of refugees posed a great challenge to the Germans. German cities began to use empty or abandoned buildings as refugee shelters, while the competent government authorities called on retired staff to work again in refugee centers. This is one of the other indicators that have forced Germany to enter a new challenge, because of refugees.
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Refugees in Germany – From the "Welcome Culture" to the "Transfer Policy"
The beginning of events turned the scales
The events of Cologne, which took place on New Year's Eve 2016/2015, marked the beginning of a change in the German mood towards the refugees. Where that night witnessed a major mass harassment never witnessed by Germany. Police have received hundreds of reports from women who have been harassed and robbed and police have opened more than 1,500 investigations, but the authorities have managed to identify only a few suspects, whose features were Middle Eastern and North African, witnesses said.
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Refugees in Germany – From the "Welcome Culture" to the "Transfer Policy"
Demands for deportation
Sexual harassment in Cologne, New Year's Eve, caused a wave of discontent in Germany beginning in 2016, and prompted many to demand tougher laws to deport the perpetrators and made others demand to avoid criminalizing a particular group of society. The "Bjida" movement was the most important party, which called for stopping the flow of refugees to Germany. This populist movement in particular opposes harboring refugees from Muslim countries on the grounds that their culture is incompatible with Western values.
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Refugees in Germany – From the "Welcome Culture" to the "Transfer Policy"
Set a ceiling for the number of refugees
In the wake of the Cologne attacks on New Year's Eve, the leader of the conservative Christian Social Party, Horst Zehwefer, found the opportunity to confirm his main demand for a higher ceiling on the number of refugees allowed into Germany. But Merkel rejected it at a conference of the Bavarian Social Union in Munich.
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Refugees in Germany – From the "Welcome Culture" to the "Transfer Policy"
Sporadic attacks by refugees
Some refugees carried out acts of violence and "terrorism" that made many supporters withdraw their support for the welcome policy. The most prominent of these attacks, what happened in the city of Anspach, southern Germany. A Syrian asylum-seeker detonated an explosive device, killing and wounding 12 people. Another student (2016) injured five people with an ax and a knife on a train in Wurzburg.
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Refugees in Germany – From the "Welcome Culture" to the "Transfer Policy"
Attacks against refugees
On the other hand, people attacked a number of refugee shelters, such as setting fire to the center of Wertheim. Some German cities also witnessed hostile demonstrations. These actions prompted Chancellor Merkel to say that he does not tolerate the extreme right-wingers who carry out attacks against refugees.
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Refugees in Germany – From the "Welcome Culture" to the "Transfer Policy"
Operation run over behind them a dude!
On December 19, 2016, Berlin was shaken by a truck crash that killed 12 people and wounded 48. Anis Amiri, a 24-year-old Tunisian, was charged with kidnapping a large Polish truck and trampling a human gathering on a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin before the Italian police killed him. She later announced her adoption of the attack.
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Refugees in Germany – From the "Welcome Culture" to the "Transfer Policy"
Merkel's policy is under criticism
The crisis has escalated and Merkel's popularity has been reduced. Her critics have accused her of her "open door" policy of aggravating the situation by encouraging more refugees to engage in dangerous trips to Europe. In September 2016, Germany also began temporary surveillance on its border with Austria.
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Refugees in Germany – From the "Welcome Culture" to the "Transfer Policy"
Will Germany receive new refugees?
The European Commission has approved the German government's agreement to receive 10,000 refugees in the European Union's "resettlement" program, while the German interior minister is trying to speed up the opening of new refugee centers to receive the refugee and decide on his decision if deported. In addition to his tendency towards militancy towards the reunification of refugee families with secondary protection. Prepared by: Mariam Marghish
Author: Mariam Marghish
The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees normally checks the concerns of persecution that may be pursued by a refugee because of religious affiliation and takes these concerns into account. The German government also stated that it had no knowledge of any case in which transitional refugees were persecuted for their religious beliefs.
According to German Interior figures, 497 people returned to Iran voluntarily last year. As at 20 March of this year, 86 refugees had voluntarily departed.
(AADD)
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