Germany Tightens Asylum Policies, Redirects Migrants to Neighbors

Karl Kopp, managing director of the refugee protection organization Pro Asyl, expects a growing number of asylum applications from US citizens in Germany. "If democracy and freedom are no longer guaranteed even in the US, it becomes clear: the authoritarian backlash has reached the Western world," Kopp told the "Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland" (German editorial network). US President Donald Trump and his administration are creating "a climate of…

Citizens from the United States who ask for asylum in Germany are the absolute exception so far. But, given President Donald Trump's authoritarian course, that doesn't have to stay that way, because, according to Pro Asyl, he creates "a climate of fear."

Germany Tightens Asylum Policies, Redirects Migrants to Neighbors

Germany is no longer as willing to grant asylum to immigrants. They prefer to send them to neighboring countries. Is it a coincidence that Eisenhüttenstadt, near the Polish border, has the strictest asylum policies and the highest number of single men from Afghanistan? – writes journalist Aleksandra Fedorska on platform X, referring to an article […] The post Germany Tightens Asylum Policies, Redirects Migrants to Neighbors appeared first on Pol…