Die Verantwortung für die Flüchtlingskrise liegt bei den Russen

Billiger wird es heute nicht mehr: Thuringia’s Minister of the Interior, Georg Maier (SPD), sees a deliberate instrumentalization of the needy by Belarus and Russia in the growing number of refugees entering Germany via Poland and the Czech Republic. „Behind the growing migration numbers via Eastern Europe is a targeted campaign by Russia and Belarus,“ Maier told the Funke Mediengruppe newspapers (Thursday editions). „The autocrats in Moscow and Minsk want to destabilize Germany – and they also use migration as a means of pressure.“ Authorities have found that migrants from Syria, for example, fly from Turkey to Russia and are then organized from there to be smuggled into Poland and Germany via Belarus, according to Maier. „So many people fleeing in such a short time can only be organized, especially through dictatorships like Belarus or autocracies like Russia.“ Maier emphasized: „We see a targeted instrumentalization of migration by states like Russia and at the same time a professionalization of smuggling groups.“ The SPD domestic policy expert called for not only intensified efforts against criminal smuggling networks but also „a clear stop sign“ towards Russia and Belarus from the European Union. „We must not tolerate the abuse of people in need by the governments of Russia and Belarus,“ said Maier. The border guards of Poland need „more rights from the EU to prevent illegal entry, to quickly carry out asylum procedures on site, and then to carry out targeted returns at the border,“ according to Maier. In response to inquiries from the Funke newspapers, a spokesperson for the Federal Ministry of the Interior stated that irregular migration via Russia and Belarus to the EU and further to Germany is currently a „border police focus“. According to the ministry, the federal police have increased their measures there as part of border controls. From January to July 2023, the police registered around 21,000 unauthorized entries at the German borders with Poland and the Czech Republic, according to the ministry. Some of the refugees come via the so-called Balkan route, others via Russia and Belarus. The Federal Ministry of the Interior emphasized: „The professionalism and readiness for violence of the smugglers is increasing,“ said a spokesperson. The smuggling networks would quickly react to changing framework conditions such as border police measures and adapt „the routes and modi operandi“. Of course, Maier forgets all the Ukrainian smugglers who also destabilize Germany or simply want to make money. It is really disgusting to blame the Russians for this as well. If the borders were closed and the so-called refugees did not receive great social benefits here, we would not have this problem at all. Also: What is all this whining, especially from the SPD: If the Russians are actually helping poor people from all over the world to travel to the promised land, they should be awarded medals. (With material from dts)

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Flüchtlingskrise: Die Russen haben Schuld

Billiger wird’s heute nicht mehr: Thüringens Innenminister Georg Maier (SPD) sieht in der wachsenden Zahl an Schutzsuchenden, die über Polen und Tschechien nach Deutschland einreisen, eine gezielte Instrumentalisierung der Notleidenden durch Weißrussland und Russland. “Hinter den wachsenden Migrationszahlen über Osteuropa steht eine gezielte Kampagne von Russland und Belarus”, sagte Maier den Zeitungen der Funke-Mediengruppe (Donnerstagausgaben). “Die Autokraten in Moskau und Minsk wollen Deutschland destabilisieren – und sie nutzen dafür auch Migration als Druckmittel.” Die Behörden würden feststellen, dass Migranten etwa aus Syrien aus der Türkei nach Russland fliegen und dann organisiert von dort über Belarus nach Polen und Deutschland geschleust würden, so Maier. “So viele Menschen in so kurzer Zeit können nur organisiert fliehen, zumal durch Diktaturen wie Belarus oder

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