“Yes, we did it.” This sentence can also be seen as the minister’s last words. Angela Merkel Look. This is the answer to their famous “we can do it” encouragement in the refugee crisis.
But what have we achieved?Undoubtedly: After some hard work, there have been more than one million since 2015 refugee Be accepted and cared for. Although temporarily out of control, the social rule of law and society have fulfilled their tasks in the crisis. The democratic system was maintained, and the turmoil did not break out. Merkel is right to point to “brilliant examples” of successful integration of immigrants. But AfD is the winner of this crisis.
Unforeseen consequences
The movement of refugees was ultimately completed through a deal with the Turkish dictator Erdogan lift. The long-term consequences are not yet foreseeable. The murder of asylum seekers caused panic. Not everyone has the nature of terrorism in the legal sense. However, the violent acts committed by mentally ill immigrants are also the result of immigrants. They have to find their own way out under the partially traumatized state and difficult conditions.
Admission is one thing, long-term integration is another. For this reason alone, the final answer cannot be given today. To be sure, the right to asylum does not mean the right to immigration, and there is nowhere to go.
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Of course, this does not prevent refugees from obtaining residency rights and ultimately obtaining citizenship rights. But the idea that has become reality in Germany is that tens of thousands of people cross the border every day and then stay here due to years of litigation, even if they no longer have the right to be here, they will not be deported, which leads to asylum And absurd laws for refugees. This involves the foundation of the country.
Even if people think that the European asylum law is a fair weather law, the chancellor (not just her) cannot invoke the law in 2015 because she has no choice. Of course, there is absolutely nothing to say about the humanitarian attitude of accepting refugees stranded in Hungary. But the ensuing signals, including the phrase “no upper limit”, created an independent policy, and Angela Merkel became famous in a world where there is no need to pay for it.
There is no reason for this invitation policy. Refugees from Austria, the EU neighboring country, can or can be turned away directly at the border. There is no humanitarian reason to oppose it.
Mixed war
The situation in the Belarusian crisis is different. This is a mixed war of the tyrant Lukashenko supported by Putin. He abused people in need like a shield and a spear. These people must be helped. You can neither freeze to death in no man’s land nor drive them back into the arms of an unscrupulous dictator. People cannot be objects. This should be the consensus of Europe.
But even in this case, the signal cannot be sent again: anyone who arrives in Europe can stay (in case of doubt in Germany). The free flow of population, goods, services, and capital within the African continent, and the great achievements made on this continent full of war graves, can only be realized on the outer borders of the African continent. I Really controlled.
During Merkel’s tenure, the country, not Brussels, is the master of Europe, and the fact that it has the final decision and restrictions while basically respecting the primacy of European law has disappeared. That particular national consciousness will not come back soon. The future traffic light alliance has nothing to do with resilience. She extols the openness to all potential immigrants, but still understands the troubles of the plains.
What applies to climate protection and pandemic policies also applies to immigration policy: those who evade necessary but severe measures will lose control of the situation and eventually find themselves in a democratic dilemma. Because the methods he will use in the future will certainly not be accepted. Then it was too late. However, it is never too late to understand a democratic constitutional state as a shell. It is very valuable, but also very thin.
