German Minister Gets Tough on Refugees – Finally
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A high ranking German official has finally issued what might be considered an ultimatum to the over one million recent refugees that Germany is drowning in. That message was a simple one, “Assimilate, and learn the language or get out.” That was the message issued by Germany’s Interior Minister who said he plans to push a new law that would force more than a million refugees to learn the German language and integrate into society – or lose their residency.
Thomas de Maiziere told ARD television Monday that 100,000 new refugees this year, most of which are escaping the war torn Middle East and Africa, simple have to decide whether they want to become Germans, or go home. Last year alone, Germany played host to more than 1 million people who passed through its borders.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere briefs the media about the security situation in Germany, in Berlin on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere says Germany is reducing the presence of police officers in railway stations and other public places - measures put in place after a terrorist warning in November. De Maiziere told reporters Tuesday that the possibility of a terrorist attack on Germany remains, but incidents that had prompted November's warning had been resolved. He said the heightened alert was ordered after al-Qaida's Yemeni offshoot tried to blow up two cargo planes over the U.S., and after authorities received reports that Islamic extremists may be planning an attack within Germany by the end of November. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
De Maiziere said that in return for language lessons, social benefits and housing, Germany expected the new arrivals to try integrating themselves in the country’s society. “For those who refuse to learn German, for those who refuse to allow their relatives to integrate — for instance women or girls — for those who reject job offers: for them, there cannot be an unlimited settlement permit after three years,” Reuters reports.
De Maiziere’s announcement came after his conservative party, led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, suffered a major hit in regional elections earlier this month. Voters unhappy with the current policy and fed up with the increases in crime, rejected Merkel’s open-door refugee policy and rallied around the rival anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party. A more restrictive draft law, which is planned for May, was welcomed by Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel. “We must not only support integration but demand it,” Gabriel told the Bild newspaper.
