2015-11-03 Saksa: Merkel ylirasittunut - kansleri syöksee Saksan kaaokseen

[Aukusti Jylhä]

Islamistinen terroristisolu. Jeah Sekö on aivan mahdotonta sanoa, että muslimien terroristisolu? No, onhan se, läpi koko Euroopan.

Moderate Muslim Peace Conference - Norway

Muslimit itse vierastavat tuota islamisti -käsitettä, kuten tästä videosta voi nähdä. He mieltävät itsensä muslimeiksi, oli islamin toteuttaminen sitten kuinka radikaalia tahansa. Kuolemantuomio homoudesta, ihan esimerkkinä, on jokaisen muslimin kannattama rangaistus. Katsokaa tuo video.

Ei ole radikaalia islamia, on vain islam. Ei ole radikaaleja muslimeita, on vain muslimeita.

[Lady Deadpool]

The Daily Caller uutisoi uudesta kirjasta, teoksen uskotaan valottavan Merkelin päätöstä pitää rajat auki.

The Daily Caller (12.3.2017)

Report: Merkel Invited Refugees Because Border Clashes Would Look Bad On TV

German Chancellor Angela Merkel allegedly decided to keep the border open for refugees in September 2015 because she feared clashes between migrants and police would look bad on television.

Robin Alexander, politics editor at newspaper Die Welt, describes the events that led Merkel to welcome a million refugees in a book released this week. The government reversed a decision to shut the gates last minute despite information that 40,000 migrants could enter in a single weekend.

Alexander claims Merkel changed her mind after Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière asked police what would happen along the border.

"Can we live with the images that will come out of this?" de Maizière asked a senior police official, according to an excerpt from the book seen by The Sunday Times. "What happens if 500 refugees with children in their arms run towards the border guards?"

De Maizière shared the information with Merkel, who called for the border to remain open just hours before it was scheduled to close.

"For historical reasons, the chancellor feared images of armed German police confronting civilians on our borders," Alexander writes in the book.

Alexander said the order was based on the government's unwillingness to assume responsibility for possible clashes rather than humanitarian and ethical concerns. The book further argues Merkel's policies created an "anxiety about migration" that fueled the Brexit campaign in the United Kingdom and Donald Trump's run for president of the U.S.

DW uutisoi enemmän nyt julkaistusta kirjasta, josta on tulossa suoranainen myyntimenestys.

http://www.dw.com/en/new-book-reveals-behind-the-scenes-how-merkel-dealt-with-refugee-crisis/a-38268542 (3.4.2017)

New book reveals behind the scenes how Merkel dealt with refugee crisis

In 2015, the German government was faced with a challenge to take in almost 900,000 refugees. A new book reveals the reasoning behind the political decisions made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the crisis.

Back during 2015, when hundreds of thousands of people from Africa, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries were pouring into Germany, the authority of Angela Merkel - until then, a respected politician across party lines - was shaken. Doubt grew considerably towards the government's rationality behind decisions dealing with the  crisis. This paved the way for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to rise, where it won seats in regional parliaments, as well as the notion that it could permanently establish itself as a far-right party. This is even as surveys now show support for the AfD to be waning.

Robin Alexander, an editor for the "die Welt" newspaper, has presented a new book on the topic, called "Die Getriebenen. Merkel und die Flüchtlingspolitik," roughly translated as "The Driven Ones: Merkel and Refugee Policy, a Report from the Insides of Power."
The book has rocketed to number one on the bestseller lists in Germany.  It has struck a nerve in political discussions and reflects the mood of parts of the country. The right is reading it as way to reckon with Merkel's refugee policy. The liberal center is reading with amazement and probably also political dismay.

A decision made out of fear?

Alexander has meticuously researched the refugee crisis and put together what he found out from the inner corridors of power. A brief summary: at the beginning there was a decision to open the borders as thousands of refugees in Hungary wanted to go to Germany, although there was already an order to close the borders.  Merkel and her ministers did not dare to go with the original orders, as they feared the images of rejected refugees could harm them politically. Merkel also didn't dare to say that that this was an exceptional decision, because the Germans' readiness to warmly receive the refugees had really surprised her. Instead, she swam on the wave of the "welcome culture." She did not point out that this was an emergency decision and as a result, more and more came. Uncontrolled. Uncoordinated. Unregistered. The refugee policy got out of hand, even though authorities in the local areas had for months tried to do something extraordinary.

The book gives a detailed description of the political impasses which Angela Merkel maneuvered around. It describes the machine room of power in which Interior Minister Thomas de Maziere, Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble and the active Merkel-follower, chief of the Federal Chancellery, Peter Altmeier bustled.  Alexander takes us to secret duels of power behind closed doors, as loyal and critical Schäuble pulled strings to restore the sovereignty to the ministry.   

Merkel at the roulette table

Above all, Alexander shows how Merkel would change her course in terms of content but her rhetoric would not. "The borders are open," she said, while the borders closed. "We remain an open country," while fewer and fewer refugees came to Germany. "We remain steadfast in believing that refugees should be helped – with no limits," while the Balkan route was defacto closed in other countries. He describes how Merkel isolated herself in the EU and how she entered the EU-Turkey deal like playing a last bet at a roulette table.

Two politicians play a special role in Alexander's book, the first being head of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) Horst Seehofer, who had tried to undermine Merkel at the beginning of the refugee crisis. He was the first critic of her policy, while in parliament an all-party coalition was backing her up without being asked to do so.

The other politician mentioned is the young Austrian foreign minister Sebastian Kurz, who challenged Merkel as he closed Austria's borders.

The book describes an important point of history and is a extraordinary and detailed report.  It's written splendidly and reads like a criminal novel. It is a deduction of Merkel's policies. The "Report From the Insides of Power" is in reality a report from the depths of helplessness, where things are planned but decided too little and too late. Merkel's refugee policy is not represented as a a masterpiece of heartfelt politics but as a developing and out-of-hand disaster. The publication has already become a standard reference book.

[Mato]

DW uutisoi enemmän nyt julkaistusta kirjasta, josta on tulossa suoranainen myyntimenestys.

http://www.dw.com/en/new-book-reveals-behind-the-scenes-how-merkel-dealt-with-refugee-crisis/a-38268542 (3.4.2017)

Jahas, jälkipyykin pesu alkaa pikku hiljaa... toivottavasti saadaan pyykättyä jäljet myös muissa valtioissa ja sekä ylimääräiset turhapaikanhakijat saadaan siirrettyä takaisin lähtömaahan että vastuussa olevat poliitikot 'tuomiolle'.  Saksan ohella Ranska, Englanti ja Ruotsi ovat mielenkiintoisia seurattavia, kun jälkipyykkiä aletaan pesemään. Myös Suomessa on hyvä käydä läpi, mitä tapahtui ja kenen toimesta.

Tästäkin episodista pitää ottaa oppia ja jatkossa toimia viisaammin. Näyttää tosin siltä, että Suomeen ei olisi ryntäämässä enää isoja joukkoja, joten täkäläiset poliitikot voivat huokaista helpotuksesta, kun pyykinpesuvesi jää laimeahkoksi. Jos Suomi olisi aikaisemmin ollut Ruotsin lailla aktiivinen, myös Suomessa nähtäisiin poliittisia ruumiita.

Nyt vain sitten pitää saada Suomestakin poistettua kaikki kielteisen päätöksen saaneet, niin eiköhän loppujen kanssa pärjätä. Muilla mailla on jo vetelät housuissa.

- Mato

[Lady Deadpool]

The Local uutisoi Saksan musultaanien auttavan pakoloisia enemmän kuin kristityt. Kun muistelen Wienin jengiraiskauksen kommentointia avustavilta tahoilta, tämä on varmasti helvetin huono homma.

https://www.thelocal.de/20170327/survey-shows-more-muslims-help-refugees-in-germany-than-christians (27.3.2017)

DW kirjoittaa enemmän siitä miten matut auttavat toisia matuja kotoutumaan, oma mielipiteeni on edelleen sama; ei niin hyvä ja toivottava juttu (kts. yllä). Jutun voi lukea kokonaisuudessaan alla olevasta linkistä.

http://www.dw.com/en/refugee-volunteers-help-each-other-to-integrate-better/a-38290414 (4.4.2017)

The German Federal Volunteer Service offers various opportunities to people of all ages where they can serve society in their spare time. Refugees in Cologne can now sign up for a new program to help people like them.

Toisaalla taas käsitellään lapsiavioliittoja, yhtä niistä sadoista matutsunamin aiheuttamista ongelmista. Aiheesta uutisoi Digital Journal.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/germany-cracks-down-on-foreign-child-marriages/article/489567 (5.4.2017)

Germany cracks down on foreign child marriages

Germany's cabinet on Wednesday plans to agree a ban on child marriages after the recent mass refugee influx brought in many couples where one or both partners were aged under 18.

The new law, set to receive parliamentary approval by July, is seen as a protective move especially for girls by annulling foreign marriages involving minors.

It will allow youth welfare workers to take into care underaged girls even if they were legally married abroad and, if deemed necessary, separate them from their husbands.

"Children do not belong in the marriage registry office or the wedding hall," said Justice Minister Heiko Maas in a statement sent to AFP.

"We must not tolerate any marriages that harm minors in their development."

"The underaged must be protected as much as possible," he said, adding that as a result of the change no minor must suffer restrictions on their asylum or residential status.

The age of consent for all marriages in Germany will be raised from 16 to 18 years. Currently in some cases an 18-year-old is allowed to marry a 16-year-old.

Foreign marriages involving spouses under 16 are considered invalid, and those involving 16 or 17-year-olds can be annulled by family courts.

Rare exceptions are possible if the couple were married as children but are now both adults and want to stay married.

The draft law would also punish with a fine any attempts to marry minors in traditional or religious rather than state ceremonies.

There were 1,475 married minors registered in Germany last July -- 361 of them aged under 14 -- according to the latest figures released after a parliamentary request.

Of these 1,152 were girls, said the interior ministry. The largest group, 664 children, came from Syria followed by 157 from Afghanistan, 100 from Iraq, and 65 from Bulgaria.

The conservative daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung welcomed the bill, saying that "archaic practises that harm women and children have no place" in Germany.

The aim was not to "paternalistically spread one's values or disrespect foreign cultures", but "enforcing fundamental and, in principle, globally recognised human rights".

[kriittinen_ajattelija]

Around 270,000 Syrians in Germany have the right to bring in their family members, a newspaper said on Wednesday – a statistic that could fuel the debate about migration less than six months before a national election.

Mass-selling tabloid Bild cited a government paper as showing a total of 431,376 Syrians applied for asylum in Germany in 2015 and 2016 and said that of those 267,500 would be entitled to family reunifications in Germany.

That could play into the hands of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which has lost support in recent months as the refugee issue recedes from the headlines ahead of a Sept. 24 election.

Senior AfD member Alexander Gauland condemned the figures, saying it was "absolute madness" to allow so many people to bring their families to Germany: "Billions and billions of tax money are being swallowed and the social state is being steered toward breakdown while our eyes are wide open."

Neither the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) nor the Interior Ministry immediately responded to requests for comment on the report.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-germany-idUSKBN1771IP

Montahan perheenjäsentä tuo keskimäärin tarkottaisi? Syyrialaisilla kun on usein aika isot perheet.

[Skeptikko]

Lisää Merkelin hullua politiikkaa:

German chancellor Angela Merkel urges Europe to take MORE refugees as she says Islam 'isn't the source of terror'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4239202/Angela-Merkel-urges-Europe-refugees.html

Merkel says EU has obligation to accept refugees
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/769095/Angela-Merkel-EU-obligation-accept-refugees-Islam-terrorism-Munich-Security-Conference

[kriittinen_ajattelija]

Germany RIP

Who would have imagined that the once great German nation would be ruled by Washington? It is extraordinary, but that is what has happened. Merkel, Washington's whore, has agreed to fill up Germany with the refugees from Washington's 16 years of illegal wars against Muslims in North Africa and the Middle East. These are wars that Merkel's corrupt government enabled.

The German people themselves are not pleased with this result, but their rising voice is being throttled by Merkel legislation ordered by Washington that defines opposition to accommodating Washington's war refugees as "hate speach."

Washington's whore and the whore's subservient German cabinet want to impose fines of $53 million dollars on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms if they permit complaints about Germany being overrun by Muslims. Those who complain, that is, those who use Germany's guaranteed free speech, are defined as hate criminals or purveyors of fake news.

It is impossible to imagine any more subservience to Washington than the utterly corrupt and anti-German Merkel government displays.

I cannot vouch for this report on Jihad Watch, but it rings true.https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/04/death-of-free-speech-germany-approves-bill-imposing-massive-fines-for-online-hate-speech-and-fake-news

The entire history of the 21st century is the history of Washington's wars instigated by Zionist neoconservatives and the state of Israel against Muslim countries. So far Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Afghanistan, Yemen, and parts of Syria and Pakistan, have been destroyed by gratuitous military attacks that are, without any doubt, war crimes under the Nuremberg Standard established by the United States.

The hoax "war on terror" has not only murdered and dislocated millions of peoples, producing waves of Muslim immigration over the Western World, but also destroyed Western civil liberty.
The Merkel whore's Washington-subservient government wants Germans who protest Washington's barbarism and the dire consequences for Germany to be punished for "hate crimes" and spreading "fake news."

In other words, the whore doesn't want any German to be able to say what the consequents are for Germans of being Washington's puppet.

The identical is happening in the US with the lists of those who speak truth characterized as "Russian agents," "Putin's Dupes," and "fake news purveyors"

How does truth survive propaganda of this magnitude?

http://www.unz.com/proberts/germany-rip/

[Lady Deadpool]

Breitbart uutisoi Saksan vuoden 2016 maturikollissuudesta.

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/09/german-federal-police-migrant-crime-drastically-increased-2016/ (9.4.2017)

Police Report: Migrant Crime Drastically Increased in 2016

The German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has released a new report which claims that crimes committed by migrants rapidly increased in 2016 compared to the previous year.

The new report from the BKA states that in 2016 there was a total of 295,000 crimes that involved immigrants as suspects, up 90,000 from 2015 when there were 205,000. The police say that the crimes counted did not include migrant specific crimes like illegal entry into Germany or staying in the country illegally Die Welt reports.

The three most cited crimes that involved immigrants were counterfeiting which accounted for 29 percent of all the crimes, theft at 26 percent, and violence including bodily harm at 24 percent.

The BKA said there were 450 cases in which migrants had attempted to kill another person, with 66 murder suspects and a total of 82 victims. The twelve victims of the Berlin Christmas market terror attack in December committed by Tunisian asylum seeker Anis Amri were also counted in the statistics.

In two-thirds of the cases of attempted murder or homicide, the victims were immigrants themselves with 59 victims coming from migrant backgrounds while other victims included five EU citizens, two non-EU citizens and 16 German nationals.

Breitbart London has reported on several cases, primarily in and around asylum homes, in which migrant men have beaten and sometimes even murdered family members such as their own wives.

The BKA defines "immigrants" in the report as anyone who is either an asylum seeker, a person with refugee status, an illegal immigrant or failed asylum seekers who are allowed to stay in the country.

A spokeswoman for the Federal Ministry of the Interior said that the government was working on a full report that will also include criminal statistics from the regional governments as well.

Several regions in Germany have already released migrant crime statistics and all have shown a drastic rise in migrant crime. In Munich police have noted that almost half of the criminal suspects in the Bavarian city are "non-Germans."

In the German capital of Berlin, the senate has launched a formal inquiry into why migrant crime rates are so high in the city. The Berlin crime statistics showed that 13 percent of the migrant population in the city were suspects in various crimes, compared to the German population in which only 6 percent were suspects in crimes.

Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria have both expressed concerns with the growing migrant crime trend. Last month Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Police Office (LKA) president Ralf Michelfelder said, "we are very worried about the rise in violence by asylum seekers."

[Lady Deadpool]

DW uutisoi pakoloisten rikollisuudesta.

http://www.dw.com/en/are-refugees-more-criminal-than-the-average-german-citizen/a-38371284 (10.4.2017)

Are refugees more criminal than the average German citizen?

Nearly 1.2 million people have applied for asylum in Germany in the last two years. As the country struggles to integrate the newcomers, it faces another daunting task: tackling crimes committed by refugees.

Last weekend, an asylum seeker from Uzbekistan drove a truck into a department store in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, killing several people and injuring many others. A week ago in Bonn, the former capital of West Germany, an asylum seeker from Ghana raped a 23-year-old woman who was camping with her boyfriend.

The incidents, along with the mass sexual assaults in Cologne in December 2015, have raised suspicions among people that the rising number of refugees has resulted in an increase in the incidences of crime in Germany. But how true is this notion?

Crimes by refugees increasing

In its latest report on crime and migration, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) defines an immigrant ("Zuwanderer") as a person who has a status as an asylum seeker; a protected person; a person who has been granted asylum; a person part of a refugee contingent or a victim of civil war; or people who are illegal ("unerlaubt").

According to the BKA, nearly 300,000 cases were registered in 2016 in which at least one immigrant was arrested on suspicion of committing a crime. Although the total number of incidents decreased in 2016, there was a clear increase in the number of crimes committed by refugees.

But it would still be difficult to make a direct correlation between refugees and the increase in criminal incidents, according to Christian Pfeiffer, criminologist and former justice minister of the state of Lower Saxony. The behavior of refugees often depends on their chances of being allowed to stay, making some groups more prone to criminal activity than others.

"There are, for example, the North Africans, who, soon after they reach Germany, learn that they don't have any chance of staying here. They are then frustrated and angry and behave like we witnessed in New Year's Eve in Cologne [December 2015]," Pfeiffer says. These people are also under pressure to stay in Germany and make money by working illegally or becoming criminals, he adds.

The real reason for rising crime

According to Pfeiffer, studies show that Syrian and Iraqi refugees tend to commit fewer crimes because they don't want to spoil their chances of obtaining legal permission to stay in Germany. A rejected asylum application consequently means no access to language or integration courses. "Thus, there is a kind of a class-based society that emerges among refugees - ones who have good prospects and those who don't," Pfeiffer explains.

Finally, even those who have a good chance of staying often get involved in criminal activities if they are forced to live with many people in temporary shelters and sometimes even with communities that they are in conflict with in their home countries, he adds.

In 2010, nearly 70 percent of the population in Germany consisted of people who were over the age of 30. A majority the refugees who came to Germany in 2015 were between 14 and 30 years of age - for Pfeiffer, the main group responsible for a majority of crimes committed anywhere.

"A small group is in every part of the world extremely dangerous - young men between 14 and 30. They commit 70 percent of most criminal activities. This group of males makes up for 37 percent of all refugees," making the crime rate among immigrants much higher, Pfeiffer says. "This explains why 100 Germans will have a lower crime rate compared to 100 refugees, because among Germans, the people are older and there are more women, he explains." This age group is also the reason why more sexual assaults are being reported, Pfeiffer adds.

Foreigners and natives

But could the connection between refugees and a rise in crime lead to a kind of racial profiling of refugees and of immigrants in general? A similar discussion cropped up earlier this year when Cologne police reported hundreds of North African men behaving in an aggressive manner at the city's central station. A year ago, on New Year's Eve 2015, hundreds of women were sexually assaulted and robbed by immigrant men, believed to be of North African origin.

For Pfeiffer however, racial profiling is out of the question since that is not the intention. "The police need to deal with these suspects and naturally register the fact that they belong to these groups of people who are experiencing a severe crisis ...There is no racial profiling taking place," Pfeiffer says.

For him, the facts speak for themselves. "Refugees are not meaner people, but they are differently placed in the [social] structure. Police statistics only show what people have reported; very little comes from the police's own observations," he adds.
However, one needs to take into account the fact that the number of complaints against foreigners is always higher than complaints against people of one's own ethnicity.

"If Max is assaulted by Moritz, then the chances of registering a police report are 19 percent," says Pfeiffer, using two ethnic German names as an example.  But if Max is assaulted by Mehmet - a typical name for a Turkish man -  the chances of reporting the crime go up to 29 percent, he concludes.

[Lady Deadpool]

Telegraph uutisoi mielenkiintoisia Saksanmaan armeijasta. Näyttää siltä, että viiksivahan lisääminen varusteisiin ei ole täysin poissuljettu ajatus.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/10/almost-300-german-soldiers-investigated-nazi-salutes-attacks/ (10.4.2017)

Almost 300 German soldiers investigated over Nazi salutes and attacks on asylum seekers

The German military is investigating almost 300 of its troops on suspicion of Nazi sympathies and far-Right extremism, it has emerged.

Those under investigation include serving soldiers who gave the Nazi salute and shouted "Heil Hitler", "Sieg Heil" and "Heil our Führer".

One soldier posted a picture of Adolf Hitler on WhatsApp with the caption: "Missing since 1945: Adolf please report! Germany needs you!" In another case, a soldier physically attacked a group of asylum-seekers after asking if they were Christian or Muslim.

A total of 275 military personnel are currently under investigation by MAD, the German military's counter-intelligence service. The investigations emerged in a written answer to a parliamentary question from the opposition Left Party. In a 15-page response, the defence ministry noted its concern that many of the more serious cases had been dealt with too leniently by the military.

The MAD is investigating cases from the last six years, many of which have already been resolved by the military's disciplinary authorities. Only 11 of those currently under investigation have been discharged. The soldier who posted the picture of Hitler was fined €800 but allowed to remain in the military. A soldier who gave a Hitler salute while serving in Latvia was also allowed to remain in uniform.

In another case, a soldier posted a picture of a machine-gun on social media with the caption: "The fastest German asylum procedure, rejects up to 1,400 requests per minute". All charges against him were dropped, on the grounds there was no evidence of dereliction of duty.

Of the cases under investigation, 12 date back to 2011-2013, 20 are from 2014, 47 from 2015, and 143 from 2016. There have been a further 53 so far this year. There was no official explanation for the dramatic rise in recent years, but it may be linked to the influx of over a million asylum-seekers over the last two years.

"I expect the armed forces to take an uncompromising approach against far-Right extremists in their personnel," Ulla Jelpke, a senior Left Party MP said. "Anyone who performs like the SA [Nazi party storm-troopers] must be thrown out, and must be prevented from getting access to arms."

Hans-Peter Bartels, the German parliament's national Defence Commissioner, said incidents to this type could not be tolerated. "This is something the Bundeswehr must look at very closely," he said.

The latest investigations come after the German army admitted last year that as many as 64 suspected jihadists may have infiltrated its ranks in an attempt to gain access to weapons and training.

[akez]

But it would still be difficult to make a direct correlation between refugees and the increase in criminal incidents, according to Christian Pfeiffer, criminologist and former justice minister of the state of Lower Saxony. The behavior of refugees often depends on their chances of being allowed to stay, making some groups more prone to criminal activity than others.

Pfeifferin tehtävä on valkopestä matujen rikollisuus pois tilastoista ja Saksasta. Siksi tämän henkilön puheisiin joutuu suhtautumaan varauksella. Tässä eräs indikaatio:

Uskovaiset musliminuoret väkiveltaisempia kuin kaikki muut

Tutkimukseen osallistui 45 000 nuorta joista 10 000 maahanmuuttajataustaisia ja se tehtiin 61 kaupungissa. Tutkimuksessa havaittii, että mitä uskovaisemmiksi nuoret muslimit tulevat sitä väkivaltaisemmiksi he käyvät. Tutkimuksen mukaan syy ei sinäänsä ole islamissa vaan siinä kuinka sitä opetetaan nuorille. Tutkimuksen tehtiin yhteistyössä sisäministeriön ja Institute for Criminology Research of Lower Saxony(KFN) kanssa.

Tutkimuksen johtaja Christian Pfeiffer oli hyvin järkyttynyt tutkimuksen tuloksista, koska hän on vahvasti kritisoinut poliittisia kampanjoita joissa maahanmuuttajat esitetään rikollisina.
(...)

2010-06-06 Saksa: Uskovaiset musliminuoret väkiveltaisempia kuin kaikki muut

[Lady Deadpool]

Fast Company uutisoi siitä miten teknologia ja appit ovat helpottamassa matujen loisimista.

Fast Company (10.4.2017)

This App Helps Refugees Get Bank Accounts By Giving Them A Digital Identity

Many refugees lack the paperwork nessecary to open an account, forcing them into the black market. Taqanu wants to use what they do have: smart phones and social media.

If you move to Berlin, you need a bank account to rent an apartment, sign a contract for a mobile phone, or deposit a paycheck. But for refugees and asylum seekers–who typically don't have the ID cards that most banks require–it can be nearly impossible to get an account.

A new startup called Taqanu is designing an alternative. Instead of asking for standard identification, it uses something that almost all refugees do have: a smartphone. An app installed on a phone can track someone's digital data, including social networking, to prove their identity. Users will also create a "reputation network," asking friends and family to vouch that someone is who they say they are. The app also asks refugees to upload photos of any documents they have, such as papers from a refugee camp in Greece. As the app is used, it continues to collect more evidence of someone's identity.

"Basically, our goal is to constantly authenticate someone's identity through their bank account, and use someone's digital footprint as the source of identity," says founder Balázs Némethi.

Némethi, who is originally from Hungary, started developing the idea for the service while living in Norway in 2015, as roughly a million refugees and asylum seekers arrived in Europe. "My home country erected a fence against refugees...I was very ashamed," he says. "Everyone was asking me, 'What is going on in Hungary?' I couldn't really defend my home, and I really felt angry. I wanted to do something to help."

He drew on his own experience of the challenges of opening a bank account in a foreign country, something that can be difficult even with documentation. Refugees and asylum seekers often have nothing more than a temporary ID issued by the German government when they cross the border. A passport may have been lost along the way, or, in some cases, sold (a Syrian passport has black-market value since Syrians have priority in the asylum application process).

A German law that took effect in June 2016 requires that banks offer basic services to everyone, including refugees. But most banks have been slow to comply–in part because of conflicting government requirements for the level of identification to prevent money laundering. International banks also have to comply with international anti-money laundering laws that went into effect after the 9/11 attack or risk heavy fines, which means that they're even more reluctant to give accounts to someone with questionable documentation.

Without a bank account, an asylum seeker can't safeguard savings, and everyday transactions become more complicated. In Germany, a bank account is also required to sign a contract (like a lease) and necessary for most employers.

If someone can't be paid by a typical employer, they're more likely to work in the informal economy, in jobs that may pay less or be unsafe. "If you don't actually have an account to be paid wages, it keeps people working in the black [market] economy," says Radha Rajkotia, senior director for economic recovery and development at the International Rescue Committee, a global humanitarian organization. "That's a major constraint."

Taqanu (the name means "to be safe" in the ancient Middle Eastern language of Akkadian) plans to partner with a bank to offer basic banking services such as a limited checking account and limited debit card. The account is limited based on how much proof someone can provide of their identity (someone may be able to use the service only monthly, for example, if they have little data to share). Over time, the app continues collecting data, and the amount of service increases accordingly.

The app can also double as an alternative to a credit score by providing proof of a user's trustworthiness. Over time, the startup plans to also work with credit or microfinance institutions who can offer other services, using Taqanu's ability to identify customers as a screening tool.

There may be some challenges in marketing the service to refugees and asylum seekers, even if they are eager for bank accounts. "They may prefer having a good old-fashioned paper document, whether that's a passport or an ID card, over something that leaves a digital trail, because they don't necessarily want their movements and transactions to be recorded," says Rajkotia. "Particularly if they have been moving across borders, or if they intend to."

The service may have to specifically market its ability to keep that data secure, she says. "Addressing it very head-on would be very valuable to refugees and to users of the service," she says. "I think that reassurance may be challenging to provide if you are working with these kinds of financial and regulatory environments."

Advisors from larger companies, such as Microsoft and Deloitte, are helping the startup navigate as it tries to bring its service to market (it's also a finalist in this year's Global Social Venture Competition). Deloitte's team is providing pro-bono legal counsel. The startup is contributing to Microsoft's larger open source decentralized identity initiative, and an expert from Microsoft has personally advised the company.

"I found Taqanu's product and UX approach interesting–they see the user journey as a tailored progression to a better and better state of financial inclusion, and it really comes through in their app," says Daniel Buchner, head of decentralized identity at Microsoft.
Buchner has advised the startup on helping potential partners understand that the project has wider commercial potential, not only humanitarian benefits. The approach is flexible enough "to enable greater financial inclusion across a wide demographic range," he says. The biggest challenge the company faces is regulation.

"I'd say their number one challenge is governments and bureaucratic agencies being slow to adapt their models and regulations to enable new types of innovation that may not fit within the confines of rules that create a slew of unintended consequences," he says. "These bodies have a duty to be proactive in understanding changes in technology to ensure organizations like Taqanu are freed up to pursue new ideas that could better the lives of people in need."

Regulatory approval is a massive challenge to overcome, and though the company is in discussions with regulators, it's unclear how long the process may take. "I am afraid the idea is good, but it's all in the implementation and they don't seem to have gotten very far," says Kim Wilson, a lecturer in international business and human security at Tufts University who is currently studying refugee issues in Greece. "[Solving regulatory problems] is, of course, the problem, and if that were solved there would be a rush of fintech."

If regulators approve the service, and the startup also passes the hurdle of raising sufficient funding, it's likely to only take a few more months to launch the service. Similar technology is already in use by credit scoring companies. The company also plans to use a blockchain-based digital ID that a group of others is collaborating to develop.

In July, the company will present its concept central bankers and policymakers at a forum during G20 summit in Hamburg, a gathering of 20 major nations. "What regulators are really interested in is how a company can offer a product that they haven't thought of because financial inclusion has been a huge problem globally," says Némethi. "It's interesting that they've always looked at the problem from a policy perspective and not a product perspective."

The forum will also host a presentation from Banqu, a similar app. Banqu also uses blockchain technology to build digital identities for people without bank accounts. Both products could inspire governments to allow new services.

"Where there's an interesting role for these kinds of new technologies to play I think is just in terms of showing how things could be done differently," says Rajkotia. "In Europe and also in the Middle East, I think there's a real opportunity for technology to show the path forward in terms of how policymakers might think about ID systems and provide proof-of-concepts of how some of these things might work."

[Roope]

Aika usein törmää väitteeseen, että turvapaikanhakijoiden vastaanotolla olisi edelleen saksalaisten enemmistön tuki. Ei ole:

A new study has revealed that a majority of Germans are unwilling to take in more asylum seekers. The country took in around 890,000 refugees in 2015.

According to a representative survey conducted by the Bertelsmann foundation, 54 percent of the respondents said Germany had reached the limit as far as accepting asylum seekers was concerned. In 2015, the same survey showed 40 percent of people holding this opinion.
...

Deutsche Welle: In survey, half of respondents say Germany reached its limit for asylum seekers 7.4.2017

[Lumiukko Jeti]

Kehitysmaamuslimien maahanmuutto uhkaa romahduttaa Saksan sosiaalitukijärjestelmän. Työttömyysluvut haittamaahanmuuttajaryhmien osalta kuitenkin hieman parempia kuin Suomessa mutta silti katastrofaalisen huonoja. Saksassa on havahduttu tosiasiaan että kehitysmaamuslimien maahanmuutto ei helpotakaan karjuvaa työvoimapulaa. Maahan on syntynyt uusi kehitysmaalaisten köyhälistö joka elää sosiaalitukien varassa.

https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article163753103/Diese-Zahlen-offenbaren-das-Ausmass-der-Fluechtlingskrise.html

[akez]

Kirjoitus saksalaislehdessä hahmottelee Saksan tilannetta.

Perheenyhdistäminen

Seuraavaa rynnäkköä odotellessa

Michael Paulwitz

Junge Freiheit 17.4.2017 juttu saksaksi

Tyyntä ennen seuraavaa rynnäkköä. Pakolaiskriisi ei ole ohi, se vain hengähtää välillä. Laiton maahantulo Libyan, Välimeren ja Italian kautta on kasvanut 70% vuoden 2017 ensimmäisellä neljänneksellä edellisvuoden vastaavaan ajanjaksoon verrattuna. Laittomat rajanylitykset Sveitsin ja Saksan välisellä rajalla ovat yli kolminkertaistuneet.

Kun CDU/CSU:n poliitikot rauhoittelevat vaalien alla kansalaisia epämääräisillä rajavalvontaa koskevilla ilmoituksilla, niin samaan aikaan he valmistelevat formaalis-legaalisin keinoin tähänastisen laittoman maahanmuuton kasvattamista "perheenyhdistämisten" avulla.

Kunta- ja kaupunkiliiton mukaan pelkästään vuonna 2016 myönnettiin 105.000 perheenyhdistämisviisumia. Jo nyt 267.500 syyrialaisena maahan tulleella on oikeus jättää perheenyhdistämishakemus, kertoo Saksan liittohallituksen sisäinen raportti; heitä ei koske "toissijaista suojelua saavien" tämän oikeuden väliaikainen jäädyttäminen.

Uusi houkutteleva liiketoiminta-alue ihmissalakuljetusbisnekselle

Saksan maahanmuuttovirasto (BAMF) rauhoittelee, että keskimäärin jokainen perheenyhdistämiseen oikeutettu tuo maahan yhden perheenjäsenen. Valtamedia, kuten esim. Spiegel online kiirehti kertomaan asiasta: Tämähän on paljon vähemmän, kuin mitä alun perin ennakoitu puoli miljoonaa henkeä. Vaikka oikeus koskee vain "ydinperhettä", niin tätä on silti vaikea uskoa jo pelkästään perheiden suurien lapsimäärien takia.

Kuinka asiasta vastaavat konsulaatit voivat luotettavasti selvittää näitä asioita, kun huomioi lukuisat ilman papereita maahan tulleet "syyrialaiset", lähtömaan sekavat olot ja väärennettyjen papereiden hankkimisen helppous? Ihmissalakuljetusbisnekselle avautuu nyt valeperheenjäsenten salakuljetuksen myötä uusi houkutteleva liiketoiminta-alue.

Pian voidaan puhua yli miljoonasta tulijasta

Puhumattakaan tilanteesta, kun ensi keväänä "toissijaista suojelua saavien" turvapaikanhakijoiden perheenyhdistämisoikeuden jäädyttäminen päättyy. Silloin voidaan mitä ilmeisimmin puhua pian yli miljoonasta henkilöstä, joilla on oikeus jo tähän mennessä tapahtuneen laittomaan turvapaikkavaelluksen perusteella tuoda maahan lisää tulijoita. Nämä uudet tulijat eivät näy ollenkaan turvapaikkatilastoissa. BAMF viittaa näiden kohdalla vain "Maahanmuuttoraporttiinsa". Sosiaaliturva- ja Hartz-IV -tilastoissa heidän jälkensä sen sijaan näkyvät huomattavasti selvemmin.

Kirkot ja muut turvapaikka- ja maahanmuuttolobbarit vaativat, että maaliskuun 2016 poikkeussäännöstöjä ei enää jatkettaisi. AfD:n ahdistelemat valtapuolueet nikkaroivat aiheesta parhaillaan vaalikampanjateemaa: Vihreiden ja Linke-puolueen kannalta poikkeussäännöksen jatkamisen puolesta puhuminen on sopivaa silmälumetta. Pohjimmiltaan ne kuitenkin demonisoivat kaikki pyrkimykset rajoittaa maahantuloa.

Kansalaisten ei tule huomata mitä on tapahtumassa

Myöskään CDU/CSU:lla ei ole aikeena estää lisämaahanmuuttoa. Perheenyhdistäminen "tulee rajata siten, että yhteiskunnan hyväksymisrajaa ei ylitetä ja integrointikykyä ei kuormiteta liiaksi", toteaa parlamenttiryhmän varapuheenjohtaja Stephan Harbarth (CDU). Selkokielellä tämä tarkoittaa sitä, että kaikkien ei ole syytä tulla samalla kertaa, vaan virtaa tulee annostella siten, että kansalaiset eivät huomaa mitä on tapahtumassa ja ryhdy kapinaan.

"Poikkeussääntö"-hätäohjelma on siten vain eräs seuraus valtion epäonnistumisesta ja yrityksestä hallita tilannetta. Sen sijaan, että ajateltaisiin kansakunnan etua, niin poliitikot piiloutuvat kansainvälisen oikeuden taa. Se ei väitteiden mukaan jätä heille valinnanvaraa.

"Yksintulleet alaikäiset pakolaiset" pesänrakentajina

Euroopan ihmisoikeustuomioistuin ja Euroopan unionin tuomioistuin instrumentalisoivat "lapsen edun" ja ne tekevät perheenyhdistämisestä massamaahanmuuton välineen: Perheiden yhdistämiseksi ei siirretä vain lapsia, vaan myös heidän vanhempiaan. Tietenkään yhdistämistä ei aiota suorittaa heidän kotimaassaan, vaan vastaanottavassa maassa.

Tämä leväyttää portit selälleen väärinkäytöksille. Suurimpaan osaan "yksintulleista alaikäisistä pakolaisista" pätee kyllä määre "yksintullut". Asia tiedetään, mutta suhtautuminen on passiivista. Juurikaan ei tutkita, mitä tässä kategoriassa matkanneet nuoret miehet ovat iältään. Kun tehdään pistokokeita, niin vain murto-osan antamat tiedot pitävät paikkansa.

Voi vain arvailla, kuinka moni "yksintullut alaikäinen" on lähetetty pelkästään pesänrakentajaksi perässä tuleville "vanhemmille" ja "sisaruksille". Varmuudella voidaan sanoa, että heitä ei ole vähän. Ala-Saksin CDU-ryhmäjohtaja Björn Thümler puhuu "liiketoimintamallista" ja vaatii iänmääritysten lisäämistä. Hannoverin osavaltion hallitus ei ole ainoa, joka torjuu tämän ja kippaa mieluummin valtavat lisäkustannukset veronmaksajien niskoille.

Koko perheenyhdistämiskäytännön ja turvapaikkajärjestelmän yleinen kyseenalaistaminen

Valtion edun kannalta on selvää, että tilannetta ei ole syytä paikkailla poikkeussäännöillä ja seurausten jälkihoidolla, vaan koko perheenyhdistämis- ja turvapaikkajärjestelmä tulee kyseenalaistaa yleisesti. Mitään valtiota ei voida pakottaa abstraktien oikeusnormien nojalla romuttamaan itseään tsunamin lailla saapuvan näennäisesti laillisen maahanmuuton alla.

Pakolaisstatuksen saanut tai toissijaista suojelua nauttivalla tulee olla vain tilapäinen oleskeluoikeus. Perheenyhdistäminen voi tapahtua myös lähialueiden turvallisilla paikkakunnilla. Saksassa tapahtuvan perheenyhdistämisen tavoitteena on tehdä tilapäisestä oleskelusta pysyvää ja sementoida maahanmuutto demografisesti, sekä myös moninkertaistaa se.

Saksa on jo muuttunut suuresti

Saksa on jo muuttunut suuresti. Terroriuhan, rikollisuuden, arkipäivän turvattomuuden ja seksuaalisten hyökkäysten dramaattista kasvua ei kyetä enää täysin manipuloimaan pois tilastoista. Voi olla, että Vihreiden ryhmäjohtaja Katrin Göring-Eckardt on yhä iloinen siitä.

Kansalaiset kokevat yhä enemmän oman maansa vieraaksi. Kun he huomaavat, kuinka perusteellisesti Saksa tulee muuttumaan tahallaan käynnistetyn muslimien massamaahanmuuton johdosta, niin voi olla jo liian myöhäistä.

Lihavoinnit mun.

EDIT typo

[Kim Evil-666]

Kuva alkaa olla jo niin lohduton, että Euroopalla on jo toinen jalka polvea myöten haudassa. Alkaa olemaan viimeiset hetket käsillä tehdä invaasiolle jotain ja tehokkaasti, tai muuten koko Eurooppa tulee hautautumaan tuon vyöryn alle.

Koko matuinvaasio on mittaluokaltaan karmiva. Tahallaan aiheutetun vyöryn mahdollistajat ja sen hyväksikäyttäjät tulisi lukita loppuiäkseen rangaistussiirtoloihin. Toivottavasti jotakin alkaa tapahtumaan pian, tavalla tai toisella.

E: Tässä uutisessa hieman vinkkejä Persuille tulevan varalle. Siis mistä propagoida enemmän ja mistä vähemmän.

[Impi Waara]

Missä vaiheessa Saksassa on alkanut porukoita integroitumaan 

Masentavaa, niin perin masentavaa  Saksa ui kohti uppoamistaan täysin purjein. Ikävä kyllä me olemme siinä uppoamisen imussa halusimmepa tai ei.

[Lady Deadpool]

Mitä tähän Reutersin uutiseen enää lisäämään kuin se, että Eurooppa on saastutettu vihollisen taistelijoilla vastaan panematta. Saatanan saatana.

Reuters (22.4.2017)

Thousands of ex-Taliban fighters may have entered Germany: report

Thousands of former Taliban fighters may have entered Germany over the past two years among an influx of more than a million migrants and refugees, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Saturday.

Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) informed security officials that thousands of migrants had identified themselves as former Taliban insurgents during the asylum application process, the magazine said.

It added that at least 70 Afghan men were being investigated by Germany's over-stretched chief federal prosecutor, though it was not clear whether all of them were suspected of being active Taliban militants.

Six are being held in investigatory detention and preliminary court hearings involving several others are due to start next week, the magazine added.

No comment was immediately available from the migration office or federal prosecutors.

The government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, under fire for allowing in so many migrants, especially after several militant attacks linked to migrants last year, has been actively deporting groups of rejected Afghan asylum seekers.

Merkel, seeking a fourth term in a Sept. 24 election, this month defended the increase deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers, saying all other European Union countries were doing the same.

She said about 55 percent of Afghans were granted refugee status in Germany, while 45 percent were turned down.

[Lady Deadpool]

Sosiologi Nilufer Golen haastattelu. Tämän naisen uudehko, laajamittainen julkaisu on jälleen saamassa suurehkoa huomiota, joten kannattaa lukaista läpi ja olla kartalla. Haastattelussa käsitellään myös Turkkia.

https://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-the-french-turkish-sociologist-nilufer-gole-islam-is-taking-root-in-europe (24.4.2017)

"Islam is taking root in Europe"

Sociologist Nilufer Gole talked to Muslims throughout Europe who would otherwise never get to have their say. The results of her remarkable study have now been published in German translation. Interview by Karen Kruger.

Ms. Gole, you surveyed people in Germany, France, England and other countries over the course of four years, asking those you refer to as "ordinary Muslims" what distinguishes Islam as practised in Europe. What do you mean by "ordinary Muslims"?

Gole: These are Muslims who are integrated into society, members of the middle class. They feel like completely ordinary citizens and yet they are not ordinary. Those who are really ordinary disappear into the majority society. But these Muslims stand out, because they want to live out their faith in their daily lives. As a result, Europe needs to come to terms with the symbols of this Islamic faith – such as mosques or headscarves – appearing in public life. Muslims share the public space with long-established citizens, many of whom are almost anti-religious as a consequence of secularisation. This leads to a certain proximity, but not really to any close links, let alone mutual appreciation.

The visibility of Islam seems to be a big problem for many. Conflicts are often sparked by mosque-building projects or the headscarf.

Gole: Not only the religious aspect is viewed with apprehension, but also the fact that with the migrants a whole new world has arrived in the middle of European society. A large section of the European public expects nothing less of the Muslims than complete cultural assimilation.

So the conflict is about culture?

Gole: There is widespread rejection of strangers and Islam is right at the top of the list. Islam is criticised not only by right-wing populists but also by leftist intellectuals, feminists and some sections of the homosexual movement. Having fought long and hard against the power of the Church in order to attain sexual freedom and gender equality, many people now feel threatened by the return of religion to the public sphere. They are less than willing to develop new standards together with Muslims.

Is there a lack of openness? Islam is after all debated frequently enough.

Gole: Yes, but the debate is not evolving in a way that brings us closer together. When it comes to questions of halal food, for example, the discussion quickly turns to animal rights. Religion is then side-lined.

So the majority society is still constrained too much by its age-old cultural boundaries?

Gole: Yes – and the debate then misses the point – which is the reality faced by Muslims today. Yet even they no longer practise their religion in their everyday lives like their parents and grandparents once did. And nor do they want to, because they see themselves as part of the European cultural landscape.

For most of them, there is no question that they therefore have to act in accordance with secular laws, while also trying to abide by Islamic codes of behaviour. As Muslims are in the minority, it is not a given that they can practise their religion here to the fullest. For example, anyone wishing to pray five times during the typical European workday needs a strategy. That′s why young Muslims are very considered when it comes to practising their faith.

By bringing their religion out into the public space, they are casting Europe in a completely new light. The same can be said of the European converts. Islam is taking root here.

So we are witnessing the birth of a specifically European Islam?

Gole: We are witnessing a new iteration of Islam. Not dictated by politics, but taking shape at the everyday level, at the grass roots.

Like Hannah Arendt, you see the public space as a space of appearance. You have pointed out that, according to Arendt, citizens are the ones who have the courage to leave their sheltered private realm, to show themselves in public and to present what makes them unique – by taking action and adopting a public stance, one becomes a citizen.

Gole: Arendt′s thoughts were helpful for understanding what it means for Muslims to be visible and how practices of seeing and being seen influence our lives together in the majority society.

Public perceptions of features of the Islamic faith often differ markedly from the subjective meaning attributed to them by Muslims themselves. If a person follows the Islamic dietary rules, this is just normal everyday life for that person. But it is quickly perceived as provocation or even aggression.

How might we deal with this?

Gole: We should consider more carefully what we call things. In France, people spoke first of headscarves and then of the Islamic veil. At some point, only the hijab was the subject of debate, followed by the burka. Why was this term chosen? It is not even commonly used in Afghanistan. It is revealing to see which words are bandied about in the European debate.

The latest discussion was about the burkini.

Gole: That word is quite ironic. It doesn′t even exist in Arabic; it′s a cultural portmanteau composed of bikini and burka, just as the European Muslims are a cultural composition made up of different influences. The burkini challenges orthodox Islam and its rules and regulations and provides a way for Muslim women to take part in Western leisure activities. So the burkini is not meant to be aggressive and yet it still provokes so much resentment. Our Western standards call for women to show plenty of skin at the beach. Some foreign habits are accepted in Europe as merely exotic, others rejected as threatening. The latter is true for Islam, which cannot be culturally cannibalised quite as easily as other practices.

In Hannah Arendt′s opinion, wearing a burkini might then be a way for Muslim women to assert themselves as citizens? Then it would be anything but the expression of a parallel society.

Gole: Exactly. Some people think that Muslims should have their own beaches. But that would then promote the very thing that Muslims are repeatedly accused of – the formation of closed communities. Now that a headscarf ban has been imposed in public schools in France, many Muslim girls are attending private schools. They are isolated from the others.

What role do you think the media plays in the public debate?

Gole: The debate is dominated by voices that try to turn Islam into something exclusively Oriental and scandalous. The strategy involves polarisation and exaggerating differences, as if the public constantly needed a further escalation to get excited about.

The media often gives the impression that Muslim reality consists exclusively of radicalisation, jihad and the suffering of the refugees. But the reality is far more complex and knows far fewer extremes than people seem to think. This is a problem, because this viewpoint makes it practically impossible to perceive the majority of Muslims who are well-integrated into their communities in all European countries. We talk about them, but we don′t know them. We include them too rarely in the debate.

What are the reasons for all the exaggeration?

Gole: The more radical something is, the more we are fascinated by it. At the same time, it is easier to reject it. We can more easily reassure ourselves that this alien Other has nothing to do with us.

Most Muslims in Germany are of Turkish descent. You yourself are Turkish and have done a great deal of research on Turkish society. Is Turkey now in the process of turning away from Europe?

Gole: With its call for a strong leader and the growing intolerance of cosmopolitanism, Turkey is apparently looking increasingly toward Eastern Europe for orientation. We see no one but Erdogan these days. We don′t see his team. Even Erdogan′s friends who founded the AKP with him are no longer around.

Erdogan likes to speak of how he has launched a "New Turkey". What is this new nation supposed to look like? When the AKP came to power in 2002, many said that Erdogan had a hidden agenda and wanted to turn the country into an Islamic state.

Gole: I have never believed that there is a hidden agenda. I was one of those who had faith in the process of democratisation initiated by Erdogan′s AKP. I believed that we would be able to explain our religious and secular sensibilities to one another so that society could become more open to plurality. It worked for about ten years. But then a retrograde trend began for reasons that still need to be analysed.

The Turkish opposition thinks that Europe is partly to blame for the reversal.

Gole: There is certainly some truth to that theory, although Turkey also bears some responsibility. When the negotiations began with the EU, Europe marginalised Turkey in a very emotional manner. Many hearts were broken in Turkey. They thought they had already belonged to Europe for a long time.

The Turkish negotiators failed to convey that feeling to Europe. On the contrary, the debates were very counterproductive. All the while, a great deal of disinformation was being spread by Europe. Take for example the abolishment of the death penalty in 2002. Little attention was paid to that in Europe. But it was a huge step for Turkey. European observers commented that it was merely window-dressing. I felt very bad when I heard that, because it did not reflect the facts.

And now that Ankara is proposing to reintroduce the death penalty, Europe is outraged. I don′t know what the answer is anymore.

Ankara is currently focusing on political purges. What role will Islam play once the opposition has been quashed?

Gole: We have to remember that there are different interpretations of the Muslim faith. The Fethullah Gulen movement is a religious interpretation. It managed to infiltrate the government, for a long time under the regime′s benevolent gaze. But then the tide turned, and now there are efforts to rid institutions and society of this ideology again.

What interpretation of religion will then gain ground? Erdogan is after all deeply religious.

Gole: Perhaps more emphasis will be placed on religion in order to hold together society. And there will certainly be an attempt to redefine Islam in a certain way. I hope that Islam′s transformation in a democratic direction will be supported. But at the moment I do not see the element of religion as being in the foreground in Turkey but rather nationalism and in particular nativism.

What can Europe do?

Gole: Europe unfortunately missed its chance. There was a right moment, but no one realised just how crucial it was.

When were you in Turkey last?

Gole: I was in Istanbul during the coup attempt. Nobody wanted a coup, and I saw how people stood up to the tanks. We thought it could be the beginning of a new democratic era. But the signs are now pointing in a very different direction. I hope this is only temporary and not structural.

Erdogan called the coup a "gift from God".

Gole: Yes, he actually said that. Unbelievable!

[Lady Deadpool]

New Europe raportoi Saksan kuuluisasta yhden-euron työhuijauksesta.

https://www.neweurope.eu/article/germany-cut-job-scheme-refugees/ (24.4.2017)

Germany to cut job scheme for refugees

The German government is reportedly planning to take hundreds of millions of euros out of its "one-euro job" employment scheme for refugees in order to increase the 2018 budget of administrative costs.

This is based on a report by German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) on April 20. Citing the labour ministry, the paper said the promised 100,000 jobs will cease to exist even though the programme was due to receive €300m until 2019.

As reported by Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany's international broadcaster, labour market policy spokeswoman for Germany's Greens, Brigitte Pothmer, described the findings as a scandal and accused Social Democrat and German Labour Minister Andrea Nahles of ignoring experts' warnings.

"The failure of the totally superfluous programme is completely on her head," Pothmer told SZ.

"The money is being used to fill the holes in the Jobcentre, whose administration has been underfunded for years, and not for the intended purpose, namely for the refugees," she added.

Meanwhile, news of the reported cut on April 20 came as the Institute for Labour Market and Vocational Research expressed optimism about the integration of refugees in Germany's labour market. Researchers predicted that, within five years of their arrival, about 50% of asylum-seekers who came to Germany would be in work.

[Lady Deadpool]

DW, DM ja Sputnik uutisoivat rikollisuuden kasvusta Saksassa.

http://www.dw.com/en/more-murder-and-violence-in-germany/a-38567642 (24.4.2017)
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201704241052947104-germany-crimes-migrants/ (24.4.2017)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4440350/Number-migrant-criminal-suspects-Germany-surged-2016.html (24.4.2017)

More murder and violence in Germany

Germany's new crime statistics have shown a rise in violent crime, but fewer thefts and break-ins. During a Berlin press conference, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere was careful not to blame immigrants.

Germany's official crime statistics for 2016 have shown a rise in violent crime across the country - including among young male migrants. "There is no sugarcoating here," Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said at a crowded press conference in Berlin on Monday.

Violent crime increased by 6.7 percent last year, rising to 193,542 cases from 181,386 cases in 2015. There was a similar increase in drug-related crime, which rose by 7.1 percent to 302,594 cases in 2016. Perhaps more worryingly, the rise in weapons-related crime was more than double that - up 14.8 percent to 34,443 cases. Nevertheless, the overall statistics showed only a slight increase in crime - up by just 0.7 percent from 2015 to 2016 - or 6.37 million cases in total, and there was a notable drop of 4.4 percent in the rate of theft.

The reported rates of assault, murder, manslaughter and rape all went up last year in Germany. De Maiziere described the developments as worrying, and blamed it on an overall "coarsening" in society. He pointedly refused to blame last year's influx of refugees - or any particular group - on the problem, and said the statistics bore him out. "We are dealing with a rise in hate, lack of respect and violence in general," the minister told reporters. "We would not reduce that to any particular group - whether left, right, or foreigners."

Crime among asylum-seekers

Nevertheless, one statistic stuck out in the report - while police had registered only 114,000 criminal incidents among asylum-seekers and refugees in 2015 - there were 174,000 in 2016. "Among the violent crimes, there were 1 percent more Germans, but 90 percent more migrant suspects," de Maiziere said - before adding that many of these crimes took place among the asylum-seekers themselves inside shelters.

For that reason, Saxony Interior Minister Markus Ulbig, who was also at Monday's press conference in his capacity as chairman of the council of state interior ministers, said he expected that figure to sink again as asylum-seekers were moved out of mass shelters.
Ulbig also pointed out that many of the crimes among asylum-seekers were being carried out by repeat offenders - in Saxony, for instance, 1 percent of migrants are responsible for 40 percent of the crimes committed by migrants. Not only that, Syrians  - who de Maiziere described as a group "truly in need of protection" - were much less likely to commit crimes than people from other countries.

Rise in extremist activity - though not violence

Other figures released by the police on Monday showed an increase in politically-motivated extremist crime. As ever, the far-right accounted for the biggest portion of these - some 23,555 incidents out of a total of 41,549 - but there was also a massive increase in politically-motivated crimes carried out by non-Germans: some 3,372 cases - up from 2,025 cases in 2015, which represented a 66.5 percent rise.

The largest proportion of these crimes (33.5 percent) were propaganda-related - usually the public use of banned symbols relating to organizations deemed a threat to the German constitution. Indeed, the number of violent political crimes actually dropped overall - if only slightly: from 4,402 in 2015 to 4,311 in 2016. Nevertheless, the overall trend of political violence in Germany in recent years has been a steady rise - the number of incidents was well under 3,000 in 2012.

Altogether, 14 people were killed last year in Germany as a result of what the police classified as politically-motivated extremism: 12 of these at the attack on the Berlin Christmas market in December.

At the same time, last year saw another rise in hate crime in Germany - particularly against foreigners. Anti-Semitic incidents climbed by some 7.5 percent (from 1,366 to 1,468). Nevertheless, there was a small drop in the number of attacks on asylum-seekers' homes.

[Kalju Mull]

DW - deutsche welle- Focus on europe.

Gangs target Asian immigrants in France.

Kulttuuriltaan rikkaat pahoinpitelee  kiinalaisia, koska ne 'tienaa liikaa'
http://www.dw.com/en/gangs-target-asian-immigrants-in-france/av-37251079

[Lady Deadpool]

DW on löytänyt tutkijan valkopesemään salafisteja.

http://www.dw.com/en/islam-researcher-not-all-salifists-are-the-same/a-38568798 (24.4.2017)

Islam researcher: Not all Salifists are the same

Nina Käsehage has conducted 175 interviews with Salafists in Europe. This has given her a deep insight into their lifestyle and way of thinking. She finds it regrettable that the whole group gets lumped together.

DW: You have been interested in Islam for many years. How did you manage to make contact with Salafists in Europe?

Nina Käsehage: I started in 2011 by leading a survey on conversions to Islam within Germany [...] My goal was to interview converts who were genuine German nationals because I wanted to deconstruct the preconception that a conversion to Islam is at the same time accompanied by a distancing from democracy.

Through this survey on conversions I made good contacts in the Salafist scene. Through my existing Salafist contacts, I was able to make further contacts, who then put me in touch with European Salafist groups.

Could you explain what Salafism is?

If I try to give a short explanation, I probably won't be accurate enough. But I will try anyway.

For one thing, in Salafism you can only refer to the primary sources of the Koran and the Sunnah (the verbally transmitted record of the teachings of Muhammad). In addition you follow the orthopraxy, or correct action - both ethical and liturgical - of what is considered to be the exemplary way of life led by Muhammad and his companions - the so-called devout older generation or "ancestors." This includes the first generation of companions, who were still active during his lifetime, as well the two generations following Muhammad. That is why both male, as well as female, Salafist members want it to be known, through their clothing and conduct, that they are followers of this perceived exemplary lifestyle. In contrast to more common Islamic religious practice, any deviation from the ideal is seen by the Salafists as a forbidden alteration (bid'ah).

These days the term Salafist is often used as a synonym for a radical and violent side of Islam. What do you make of this?

There are several terms that I find a bit questionable. And the first term is Islamism. I hold the same views on this as the Islamic theologian and researcher, Hamideh Mohagheghi. She is of the opinion that if an entire religion is equated with a minority section of it - a radical manifestation, such as has happened with the term Islamism - then an entire religion is held captive.

In my opinion, through the authorities' dominant interpretation of Islamism, which they shape and maintain, there is a certain tendency towards vilification. This in turn reflects back on Muslims, many of whom have nothing to do with any radical body of thought. For example, if an attack is committed by a Christian, which unfortunately has often happened in the US, there is no discussion about Christianity.

Not all Salafists are potentially violent. How to you make distinctions within the group?

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Editor's note: Germany's domestic intelligence agency) believes there to be around 10,000 people in the Salafist scene. In other words, a very low number compared to the 3-4 million Muslims in Germany.
I roughly break down the group down into Salafists who are purists, those who are political and those who are jihadists. Around two-thirds are apolitical purists and political Salafists. And then there is around a third who are potentially violent, or who support violence.

Of course Salafism is a restrictive interpretation of Islam, but I find it regrettable that the whole group gets lumped together. I have spoken with many members and preachers who publicly distance themselves from an emphasis on violence. They are under pressure from jihadists. Unfortunately the media presentation of the protest movement against jihadism within the Salafist scene is not as good as it could be.

You are a strong supporter of preventative measures and work as a volunteer with families who are concerned that their children have become radicalized. You have prevented numerous people form joining the war in Syria. How did you convince them?

You can call me an optimist, but if you get into a conversation with someone, and are skilled at arguing, if you can objectify things, then you can make a big difference. If you come in and judge someone, then they feel vindicated. Prevention is a long-term matter, just like de-radicalization. Long-term projects are, in many cases, not interesting for politicians. They are not sexy, they are not suitable for election campaigns. I believe this is one of the dangers: you base an election campaign on the issue of security, which is never a good idea. You can pursue short-term crisis prevention measures, but long-term prevention is important, for example de-radicalization.

So, what could that look like?

There are a few institutions for prevention that I think are good. But sadly they are underfunded. The minister for justice, Heiko Maas, said during our joint appearance on the talk show "Maybrit Illner" (Editor's note: in January 2017) that he wanted to invest 100 million euros ($108.5 million) in prevention. I thought that was great. But since then he has not made any further concrete statements on this matter.

Through my research I have been able to obtain many insights into the scene, which I can use for my volunteer work for people in need. I am there when people need help. That is a human duty. If I had a certain sum of money at my disposal, then I could, for example, build a team, and achieve even more collectively. But these funds are never given to smaller organizations, no matter how high their "success rates" are. They are only given to big federal projects.

These projects are oftentimes affiliated with institutions that belong to the security authorities. Parents, let alone persons affected, do not approach organizations that are tied to the security sector. This linkage to the authorities is therefore a mistake, but no one wants to acknowledge that.

Nina Käsehage is a religious scholar and researcher of Salafism. She teaches at the University of Rostock. She also actively volunteers in radicalization prevention and de-radicalization efforts within the Muslim community.

[Impi Waara]

Kansankoulun aapisessani valistettiin jo varhain: "neekeri pesee kasvojaan, vaan valkoiseksi ei tule milloinkaan". Tuskin siis näistä salafistaajista saadaan edes keittämällä puhtoista valkopyykkiä.

[Sydämistynyt]

Saksassa on pakko olla suvaitseva, tai muuten tulee turpaan.  Tämä vanha pariskunta yrittää pidemmällä historiallisella perspektiivillä muistuttaa nuorempaa polvea islamisaation vaaroista, mutta tarvitsee välillä poliisit turvakseen.  Nuoret nimittelevat natsisioiksi ja talonseinään heitellään kananmunia.  Lapsetkin joutuvat häpeämään.

...
Dinsejä ajaa pelko siitä, että Saksa islamisoituu. Uhkaa ei heistä oteta vakavasti. Siksi Dinset aloittivat tammikuussa 2016 kahden hengen mielenosoitukset Schwertessä. He seisoivat joka keskiviikko kaksi tuntia kauppakadulla. Keskiviikkoja kertyi kymmenen. Sitten he lopettivat.

"Lopulta oli ihan järjetöntä, että meidän, kahden eläkeläisen, suojaksi tarvittiin 12 poliisia", Hans-Otto Dinse sanoo.

ENSIMMÄISELLÄ kerralla Dinset keräsivät katseita, toisella kerralla huutoja. Lukiolaiset nimittivät natsisioiksi.

Kolmannella kerralla vastassa oli 25–30 nuoren joukko, joita Hans-Otto Dinse kutsuu vasemmistoterroristeiksi. Blokki oli paikalla aina kun Dinsetkin. "Tavalliset ihmiset eivät enää voineet tulla luoksemme, joten lopetimme."

Tai eivät Dinset lopettaneet. Merkel-lakana on oikeastaan aina matkassa. Heistä on tullut Schwertessä kasvot AfD:lle. Sillä on ollut seurauksia.

"Naapuri ei tervehdi. Taloa heitettiin munalla. Autoa naarmutettiin, ja auton rekisterinumero julkaistiin internetissä", Hans-Otto Dinse sanoo.

Seurauksia on ollut myös perhepiirissä. Dinsejen kaksi aikuista poikaa ovat hyvin turhautuneita vanhempiensa poliittiseen missioon.

"HE eivät tätä hyväksy", Brigitte Dinse sanoo.

Nyt on sovittu, että kun lapsenlapset ovat paikalla, politiikkaa ei oteta esiin. "Mutta me olemme vain yksi niistä perheistä, joissa näin on", Hans-Otto Dinse sanoo.

"Elämme aikaa, jossa vanhempi sukupolvi on poliittinen muutosvoima, eivät lapset. Moni ei halua nähdä, miten huonosti ­asiat ovat, ja systeemi on sellainen, että jo koulu indoktrinoi lapset tähän ajatteluun."

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http://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000005183963.html

[Fiftari]

Jos pelkäät ja varoitat vaaroista, olet suvaitsematon rasisti  Kuvaavaa on myös se ettei vastapuoli hyväksy "vääriä" mielipiteitä vaan ne pitäisi tukahduttaa viranomaisvoimalla. Sen sijaan maahanmuuton kriitikot kaikesta huolimatta pääosin hyväksyvät vastapuolen mielipiteet, argumentoivat ja sallivat puolueet sun muut ilman että vaativat viranomaisia kieltämään.

Näköjään Saksassa on käynnissä vähän sama homma mikä toisessa maailmansodassa, nyt vain aavistuksen päinvastaisen ideologian kanssa. Mutta aivopesu, viranomaisten vihapuheen valvonta... Natsisaksa on tulossa takaisin nimellä Islamsaksa.

[Catalpa]

Tunnen viisikymppisen Saksassa asuvan suomalais(taustaisen) naisen, joka pakolaiskriisin alettua mainosti somessa, että hän on aina saanut olla uuden kotimaansa muslimeilta täysin rauhassa. Toisin oli Suomessa, missä hän joutui vähintäänkin ahdistelun kohteeksi usein, syyllisinä olivat aina kantasuomalaiset miehet. Nyt tämä samainen nainen on käynyt itsepuolustuskurssin. Jonkun toisen henkilön kohdalla ei asiaa liittäisi Saksan muuttuneeseen tilanteeseen millään lailla. Nyt siitä nousee epäilys, koska on häneltä täysin odottamaton temppu.

[Saturnalia]

Tämä on kyllä hyvä tiivistys tilanteesta:

Kuvaa hyvin mielipidevapauden epäsuhtaa, että Saksalainen eläkeläispariskunta tarvitsee 12 poliisia suojakseen jos aikoo kritisoida Islamia ja Euroopan Islamisointia.

Saksa on tullut jälleen hulluksi. Islamsaksa on hyvä termi. Uudet napolat pystyssä ettei nuoriso kritisoi.
Helppoa eikä niin valheellistakaan olisi jo todeta, että tämä peli on hävitty jo. Saksa fanatisoituu jälleen tuosta vain yhä syvemmälle.
Toinen vaihtoehto on äkkikäännös, mutta se vaatii vahvan johtajan ja helvetillinen rytinä siitäkin tulee.
Rauhan aika ei ole edessämme.

[Lady Deadpool]

DW, DM ja Sputnik uutisoivat rikollisuuden kasvusta Saksassa.

http://www.dw.com/en/more-murder-and-violence-in-germany/a-38567642 (24.4.2017)
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201704241052947104-germany-crimes-migrants/ (24.4.2017)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4440350/Number-migrant-criminal-suspects-Germany-surged-2016.html (24.4.2017)

More murder and violence in Germany

Germany's new crime statistics have shown a rise in violent crime, but fewer thefts and break-ins. During a Berlin press conference, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere was careful not to blame immigrants.

Germany's official crime statistics for 2016 have shown a rise in violent crime across the country - including among young male migrants. "There is no sugarcoating here," Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said at a crowded press conference in Berlin on Monday.

Saksan järkyttävä tilanne on leviämässä mediassa ihan kohtuullisella vauhdilla:

https://www.rt.com/news/385996-migrant-suspects-germany-crimes/
https://heatst.com/world/german-govt-immigrant-crime-increased-by-over-50-during-2016/
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/germany-sees-rise-in-crime-committed-by-migrants-statistics-show-2017-04-25
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/25/crimes-committed-migrants-half-one-year/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/25/migrant-crime-germany-rises-50-per-cent-new-figures-show/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/25/germany-sees-spike-in-immigrant-criminals.html

[Sakari]

Iniseeköhän saksalainen poliisikin "emme elä missään lintukodossa" mantraa? Varmaan päätä leikatessakin joku vielä toistelee tuota idiotismia.