Numerous people flee to Germany across the Polish border. A right-wing extremist party wants to take its own measures.
Brandenburg – The flow of refugees from Belarus is not ebbing. On Wednesday (October 20, 2021) the federal cabinet wants to deal with the growing number of people who are taking the route from Belarus via Poland and fleeing to Germany. But not only the federal cabinet seems to have plans for the fate of the refugees.
As the news portal T-Online.de reports, neo-Nazis on the Polish border in Brandenburg want to take their own measures against refugees from Belarus. Accordingly, the right-wing extremist party “The Third Way” is said to have called for a “border crossing” in the greater Guben area (Brandenburg) for the coming weekend (October 23, 24, 2021).
Neo-Nazis want to “track down” refugees from Belarus
The slogan of the group: “We do not want a second 2015 and no further mass immigration of young men who illegally enter our country here.” Therefore, they want to “track down” “illegal foreigners” through border crossings. “This time we will not stand idly by as millions of strangers pour into our country,” it continues. A list of equipment is also part of the call. Those interested should bring an identity card, weatherproof clothing, lamps and, if available, a night vision device.
The Berlin Federal Police confirmed to T-Online.de that they had the right-wing extremist party’s call “in view”. The police are in close coordination with the state authorities in Brandenburg, the spokesman said.
Polish border: Federal police arrest nearly 500 migrants
Last weekend, federal police officers took almost 500 illegally entered or smuggled migrants into custody along the German-Polish border. Most of them were found in Brandenburg, as the Berlin Federal Police announced on Monday (October 19, 2021). Accordingly, the border police attacked 288 people from Friday to Sunday. Most of them were Iraqi, Syrian, Iranian and Yemeni citizens.
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The fact that Lukashenko can play his sadistic game with human life is a consequence of the collective failure of the EU in migration and refugee policy.
In Saxony, the federal police took a total of 135 people into custody over the weekend, as the federal police in Pirna announced. The refugees had come to Poland via Belarus without a visa or were smuggled into Germany. They were handed over to the immigration authorities. (marv)
