By Peter April
Posted 3 hours ago, updated 2 hours ago
During a demonstration against the construction of refugee accommodation on Monday in Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, two opponents held up signs reading “Stop human trafficking in asylum seekers and migrants!”. DPA/DPA/ABACA
REPORT – In Greifswald, Loitz and Upahl, the extreme right is mobilizing against the influx of Syrians, Ukrainians and Afghans.
Special Envoy for Greifswald, Loitz and Upahl (Germany).
“Let’s stop the infiltration of migrants and asylum seekers!” “Refugees welcome, racism kills.” Between right-wing extremist supporters and anti-fascist movements on Monday, May 27, in Greifswald, at the opening of a municipal council meeting dedicated to a project to house Syrians, Ukrainians and Afghans was dedicated to set the tone. The police outnumber the 300 people present in the room. Outbursts, shouts and calls for silence punctuate the session.
“We lack accommodation for 1,600 people,” summarizes Michael Sack, CDU chairman of the Greifswald district, who is responsible for receiving them. This pretty town on the Baltic Sea welcomes 60,000 inhabitants. After Saxony, mobilized in 2015 during the previous wave of refugees by Angela Merkel, this region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (ex-GDR) forms the new epicenter of the German movement eight years later…
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