Despite years of soaring knife crime attacks, assaults, and rapes tied to mass immigration, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the left have downplayed the issue of immigration or swept the issue under the rug. However, the Solingen stabbing, which saw a Syrian migrant murder three Germans in a knife attack, is piling the pressure on Scholz right before the Sept. 1 elections in the east. The chancellor, who visited Solingen, said “this was terrorism against all of us,” and that illegal immigration into Germany “must be reduced.“
The chancellor vowed that he and his government would “do everything in their power to ensure that those who should not stay in Germany are deported and sent home,” and also claimed that rules must be tightened on the carrying of weapons.
Friday’s attack in Solingen set off a major political storm in Germany after it emerged that the stabbing perpetrator, 26-year-old Issa Al H., was a Syrian refugee and may have links to Islamic State. The day after the attack, Friedrich Merz, the leader of main opposition party Christian Democratic Union (CDU), called for a complete halt to the admission of refugees from Syria and Afghanistan.
However, Alice Weidel, co-chair of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), called for a halt to all immigration and naturalizations, a move that would dramatically improve security in Germany.
The AfD has already mocked Scholz’s desire to “tighten” knife laws, noting he is trying to deflect from the core issue, which is mass immigration.
Tino Chrupalla, also the AfD’s co-chair, stated: “A knife ban will not help against such conditions. Germany needs an immediate change in migration and security policy!”
To make matters worse, Issa Al H.’s refugee claim was rejected back in 2022, despite being Syrian, and he was ordered to be deported to Bulgaria, where he had already applied for asylum.
Germany’s current practice is not to deport asylum seekers to Syria or Afghanistan, for example, because this would require negotiating with the Taliban government — but there are growing calls for this to change.
It is, however, unlikely that deportations happen in any serious manner, as there are many legal prohibitions in Germany against them. At the same time, the country of origin often outright rejects taking back its own citizens.
