EU Immigration Crisis Megathread

[alfred russel]

In Clausnitz, Saxony, a group of 100 concerned citizens blocked a bus with 17 asylum seekers who were transferred into the little town. They shouted aggressively against the new arrivals to the point that the bus passengers were afraid to leave the bus. The 28 police men (originally 2, they later called reinforcements, when the path was blocked by protesters) ordered the protesters to leave which was answered with laughter. Some of the asylum seekers made rude gestures to the protesters.

Eventually, the police forced the last passengers off the bus, taking one youth into a stranglehold in the process. The police press charges against the refugees for their hostile behavior.

The head of the house where the refugees are housed was a member of the right-wing populist AfD (was, because he's been transferred today to protect his person, according to the local administration). The mayor of the town doesn't understand the outcry the whole event has caused, because this was just a peaceful protest. The head of police has defended his men's actions. They were outnumbered, so they couldn't enforce the kicking out of some people. Also, the violent dragging of the kids out of the bus was necessary and justified to ensure their getting into the safe house.

Also in Saxony, a former hotel that was supposed to be turned into home for refugees was set on fire. 20-30 bystanders cheered, some of them trying to prevent the fire department from extinguishing the flames (charges are pressed).

This sounds like the beginning of a really cheesy movie, that ends with the town facing some sort of crisis in which the refugees somehow save the day, and in the end are welcomed into the community.

[Malicious Intent]

Some of these things seem like the type to create generations of grudges and animosity.

Sadly, racist violence is nothing new in eastern Germany. The far right found fertile ground there right after the unification.

[Syt]

German paper Welt has an interactive map about right wing violence/demonstrations since 2014:

http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article139562077/Karte-der-Gewalt-und-Proteste-gegen-Fluechtlinge.html

Buttons on top from left to right: "All" - "Arson" -"Damage to property" - "Assault and Battery" - "Demonstrations"

The shades of blue shows the number of asylum seekers per inhabitant; lighter color = fewer.

[Josquius]

Yup, it's the same in the UK. The ignorant racist parties target the overwhelmingly white British parts of the country.

[Liep]

An imam said something about stoning women if they are unfaithful and the immigration minister said: "I just want to remove that mosque from the face of the earth" and "that imam shouldn't be here, but sadly there are rules and we can't just throw him out".

[Tamas]

I have always envisoned Denmark as this Socialist paradise where people forcefully move in to houses and everyone is too much of a pinko commie to evict them.

What happened?!

[Liep]

I have always envisoned Denmark as this Socialist paradise where people forcefully move in to houses and everyone is too much of a pinko commie to evict them.

What happened?!

The children of that paradise grew up and became spoiled brats who think that because they got a free education they're somehow better than the uneducated masses who just want to steal their money which, btw, are taxed way too much.

[Tamas]

BBC breaking news says "Migrants break through fence on Macedonia-Greece border with home-made battering ram"

I wonder how long before somebody gets shot.

[Liep]

I do wonder how much of this I'll notice when I embark on my Balkan voyage in the spring.

[Liep]

BBC breaking news says "Migrants break through fence on Macedonia-Greece border with home-made battering ram"

I wonder how long before somebody gets shot.

You get shot at if you throw stones at Danish police, so I'd think very carefully before throwing stones at Macedonian police like that guy in the blue jacket.

[The Larch]

I do wonder how much of this I'll notice when I embark on my Balkan voyage in the spring.

When and where are you going? I'l be in Belgrade and Zagreb in early april.

[Liep]

I do wonder how much of this I'll notice when I embark on my Balkan voyage in the spring.

When and where are you going? I'l be in Belgrade and Zagreb in early april.

I'll be in Belgrade on the 7th of april! and staying there 3-5 days from then.

[The Larch]

I do wonder how much of this I'll notice when I embark on my Balkan voyage in the spring.

When and where are you going? I'l be in Belgrade and Zagreb in early april.

I'll be in Belgrade on the 7th of april! and staying there 3-5 days from then.

Aaah, I fear that by then I will have already left. 

[Liep]

I do wonder how much of this I'll notice when I embark on my Balkan voyage in the spring.

When and where are you going? I'l be in Belgrade and Zagreb in early april.

I'll be in Belgrade on the 7th of april! and staying there 3-5 days from then.

Aaah, I fear that by then I will have already left. 

I doubt I'll catch up with you before Zagreb as I'll be on bike.

[Tamas]

Silly Westerners. I couldn't run far enough from the Balkans and you go there voluntarily.