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4 days ago
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Senior Citizens Moved Out Of Housing Complex In Germany To Make Way For Refugees
The German city of Bargteheide has scrapped plans to demolish a senior citizens' residential complex on Nelkenweg after vacating all residents, opting instead to house asylum seekers in the building. Former residents had been told the building was uninhabitable and were forced to relocate. However, following an inspection, just five units will undergo renovation, while the remainder will be used as-is by the new arrivals. As reported by Abendblatt, Mayor Gabriele Hettwer defended the decision, saying all cost-related issues had been resolved and that a full renovation was unnecessary. 'The costs for the removal of mold and other renovation measures are manageable,' she said, noting that a preliminary building application would determine whether the entire complex could eventually be used. The move, however, has drawn sharp criticism from members of the SPD parliamentary group, who had supported the original eviction of elderly residents on the grounds that the buildings were unfit for habitation. 'I have seen for myself what a bad condition the buildings are in,' said SPD council member Andreas Bäuerle. His colleague Jörg Rehder added, 'The decision has an unpleasant taste.' 🇩🇪 Senior citizens living in an apartment complex in the German town of Bargteheide were told to leave their homes because the building was to be after they've all moved out, it transpires the building won't be demolished after asylum seekers are… — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) June 15, 2025 He pointed out that while the city directly financed the relocations of elderly tenants, it now appeared eager to move refugees into the same housing it had deemed unsuitable. CDU council member Sven Meding dismissed the SPD's concerns as political posturing. 'I sometimes wonder if it's election campaign again. Should we accommodate the refugees in tents?' he asked. 'The apartments on Nelkenweg are well habitable.' It would appear that no one on the municipal council had an issue with the fact that the elderly residents were not welcomed to return to their homes following the building's inspection, and it would now hold asylum seekers. Many former residents had expressed their desire to remain in their homes. 'I feel very comfortable here and have lived here for 20 years,' senior citizen Frieda Miller told SHZ previously. 'I'm good here, here I have my home, my flowers, a nice apartment that I can pay for.' 'The apartment is really well designed, everything can be reached from here, and there is also a lot of nature. I would like to stay here,' added fellow resident Dagmar Pardubitzki. Mayor Hettwer stated that the use of the complex is temporary but refused to give a timeframe. She added that the city was deliberately creating more refugee housing than currently needed, to prepare for potential increases in migration. 'The developments are currently declining because the regulations at the borders are stricter,' she said. 'But it is like looking into a crystal ball to estimate the flows of the day after tomorrow.' Although only 40 additional places were technically required, the Nelkenweg complex provides 104. According to the mayor, this allows the city to better absorb any unexpected influxes. Supporters of the plan also point to challenges with other housing providers, who resist open-ended rental agreements and frequently let leases expire to retain flexibility over their properties. In contrast, the Nelkenweg site offers immediate and potential long-term availability. The city council ultimately voted in favor of the measure, with support from the CDU, Greens, and WfB. The SPD cast the only three votes against. Relocation or eviction of elderly tenants to make room for migrants is not new across Germany. In 2023, Remix News reported how a Berlin nursing home had closed its doors to its residents after signing a new contract to accommodate refugees. Similarly, in Lörrach, the city's municipal housing association evicted dozens of long-term residents , many of them senior citizens, to accommodate migrants. When the public protested against the decision, the city's council published a statement claiming that demonstrations were led by right-wing extremists and called for a 'fight against the right.'
Gulf Insider
10-06-2025
- Politics
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Austria In Shock After School Shooting Leaves 10 Dead, Dozens Injured
Austria is in mourning after the worst school shooting in the country's modern history unfolded on Tuesday morning in Graz. A 22-year-old former student of the BORG Dreierschützengasse opened fire shortly before 10 a.m., killing at least nine people and injuring at least 28 others before taking his own life in a school restroom. According to initial reports from Kronen Zeitung, the attacker used both a shotgun and a handgun during the rampage, which targeted two classrooms. Authorities confirmed that the gunman, a former pupil of the school, had recently acquired the weapons and may have been motivated by a long-standing grievance over bullying. Governor Mario Kunasek of Styria (FPÖ) expressed deep shock in a public statement, 'It is unbelievable what happened today in Graz. As governor and as a father, I am deeply saddened by this act of madness, which has brought so much disaster and incredible suffering. My thoughts are with the innocent victims, families, and teachers.' BREAKING: 🇦🇹‼️ At least 9 people are dead after a shooting rampage at a school in Graz, said they heard between 30 and 40 suspected shooter is believed to have locked himself in the toilet and then killed himself. — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) June 10, 2025 Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker and members of the federal government traveled to Graz to address the nation. A press conference was scheduled for the afternoon to provide further details about the tragedy. The scene was rapidly secured by emergency responders, including the elite Cobra police unit. Authorities have since declared the situation safe, although the area around the school remained cordoned off for much of the day. Two care centers were set up to provide support for victims, families, and witnesses. 🇦🇹 Footage from the school during the mass shooting in Graz, gunfire can be heard throughout as students hid in classrooms. — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) June 10, 2025 The Styrian hospital association KAGes confirmed that at least 28 people, including students and staff, were injured in the attack and are receiving treatment. Victims were distributed across multiple hospitals in Graz, with psychological care being extended to both families and medical personnel. Video footage circulated online shows the moment gunfire erupted inside a classroom, and additional clips depict emergency teams sweeping through the school with weapons drawn. Schrecklicher Anblick:🕯Tote Schüler auf Rettungstragen aufgereihtEin weiteres an AUF1 zugespieltes Video zeigt die erschütternden Szenen des Amoklaufs. Schüler filmten aufgereihte Rettungstragen, auf denen sich laut ihren Angaben teilweise auch Todesopfer des Schulmassakers… — AUF1 (@AUF1TV) June 10, 2025 Terrified students can be seen fleeing the building or waiting in shock as medics carry away the wounded.
Gulf Insider
04-06-2025
- Business
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Germany Sets Record For Naturalizations In 2024, Syrians And Turks Top The Charts
In Germany in 2024, a record number of foreigners were naturalized, with Syrians and Turks gaining citizenship at the highest rate when all nations are factored. The data from 13 German states shows that 249,901 people were given German citizenship, which is more than the population of Chemnitz. However, this data does not include all German states, with results from Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein still pending. Syrians were in first place. For example, in the most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, 24,349 Syrians received German citizenship. 🇩🇪 He received German citizenship, but it doesn't sound like he considers himself German.❓"Are you both German now?"🔺"What does German mean? Yeah, we have a German passport."And serving in the military? Not a chance. — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) June 2, 2025 Turks came in second place and saw a big jump over 2023. In North Rhine-Westphalia, the number of Turks gaining German citizenship jumped 83 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year. Some other outsized growth numbers were seen in other German states. For example, Russians receiving German citizenship jumped 623 percent in the state of Baden-Württemberg. PM Viktor Orbán: 🇭🇺🇩🇪 "Now, Germany is no longer Germany. It's a colorful, changed multicultural world, where migrants coming in are no longer guests in this country… They are not here as guests of the native Germans, but in their own right. It is now their country, too." — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) June 25, 2024 During the previous government, the rules for citizenship were relaxed substantially in 2024, including the wait time to receive citizenship in some cases. However, according to Welt, this may have not played such a large role in the uptick in naturalizations, as in many states, those seeking citizenship have already been in Germany for many years. In Baden-Württemberg, the average stay of residence for new citizens was 14.1 years. In some federal states, cases of people receiving accelerated naturalization procedures were not even registered in even a single case. 🇩🇪 NEW: "Uncontrolled immigration" fueled the AfD's "shock" victory in the fact, immigration is now the TOP issue for Germans, according to political analysts. — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) September 3, 2024 This citizenship law provision, which critics labeled 'turbo naturalizations,' allowed foreigners to receive citizenship after three or four years if they showed outstanding efforts to integrate. However, the new government is seeking to abolish this rule, even if it is not entirely clear if the coalition can work out an agreement. One aspect of the new law that may have provided an outsized incentive for many long-time German residents to seek out citizenship was relaxation of dual citizenship rules. Previously, new German citizens would have to give up their old passports, but the new law changed this.
Gulf Insider
21-05-2025
- Politics
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"We Have Imported Knife Violence" – Wave Of Attacks Shakes Germany Once Again
Another wave of knife attacks has hit Germany, showing that not much has changed despite the many lost lives and Germans maimed in knife attacks. In fact, the statistics show that these crimes are even getting worse, with 79 knife attacks per day now recorded. A German criminal lawyer warns that Germany has 'imported knife violence,' in response to growing blade crimes. In the last few days, headlines include Kosovar man arrested after knife attack in Germany injures three, including 12-year-old girl' 'Man stabbed half to death on basketball court,' 'Manhunt continues after Syrian asylum seeker stabs 5 outside student bar in Bielefeld,' and 'Rioter injures police officer with knife.' However, thousands of such headlines have run in the German press in recent years, with Remix News reporting on many of them. The overwhelming number of perpetrators are foreigners or those with a foreign background, yet despite promises to crack down and enact deportations of migrant criminals, the bloodshed not only continues but appears to be getting worse. His daughter was murdered by an illegal Palestinian migrant, stabbed 38 times, along with her boyfriend.17-year-old Ann-Marie is gone, but her father won't let her memory die. He delivered a message to Olaf Scholz's face:"There are parents standing at the grave or coffin of… — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) October 16, 2024 'We have imported knife violence. In other cultures, the knife is a kind of status symbol. This is changing the social climate here in the country,' stated criminal attorney Udo Vetter. He further notes that 'knives have become an everyday companion for many people. And the barrier to using them is low.' Notably, he warns that due to the rise of knives and knife crimes, it is creating a problem that is expected to only grow exponentially, with more and more people arming themselves with knives out of fear. 'Because if some people deliberately pack a knife as a murder weapon, more and more people will also resort to knives, supposedly to defend themselves,' stated Vetter. 'Young people in particular have knives in their pockets just like their cell phones.' However, this problem has been warned about nearly every week, including from the German police themselves. Manuel Ostermann, deputy head of the Federal Police Union, stated that 'the knife as a means of committing a crime always immediately poses a concrete threat to life and limb. Politicians must now take all possible measures to curb this phenomenon.' Ostermann is the same police union head who said that Germany's crime problem is actually an immigration problem during a viral speech last year. 🇩🇪‼️ "Germany is no longer a safe country… The migration crisis is first and foremost a crime crisis."German police union (DPoIG) chairman Manuel Ostermann makes a major statement following the Solingen terror attack by a Syrian Islamist. — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) August 28, 2024 The head of the German Police Union, Rainer Wendt, also spoke out about the knife crime problem, saying: 'The threshold for violence is getting lower and lower. And the fuse is getting shorter. Knives are being drawn even for trivial reasons and seemingly harmless disputes.' As Remix News previously reported, violent crime reached a record high in Germany last year, with foreigners responsible for nearly half of crimes. There were 29,014 cases in total involving a crime where a knife was used, of which, 15,741 were knife attacks. Serious and dangerous bodily harm with a knife increased by 10.8 percent in 2024 compared to 2023. 🇩🇪 For every well-integrated Middle Eastern migrant, you have so many of these guys causing terror across crime has skyrocketed in Germany, with nearly 30,000 knife-related crimes taking place last shot near German supermarket Kaufland. — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) April 17, 2025 The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is going on the offensive under the new Christian Democrat-led government, with security and immigration still top concerns. Alice Weidel, AfD party co-leader, mocked the new government's 'five-point plan' to fix the immigration crisis, saying that the border is not secured despite promises. Click here to read more…
Gulf Insider
20-05-2025
- Politics
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80% Of French Women Want The Army Deployed In French Cities To Protect Them
Due to France's drug trafficking crisis, a large majority of French are in favor of the army being deployed into disadvantaged neighborhoods in problematic neighborhoods in France, including 80 percent of women. According to a CSA poll conducted for CNews, Europe 1 and JDD, 76 percent of French people overall want the army called in to battle drug trafficking in 'disadvantaged neighborhoods.' In fact, women are more supportive of troops being deployed than men, with 80 percent of women saying yes to the question: 'Should the army be called in to combat drug trafficking in troubled neighborhoods?' In turn, only 72 percent of men supported such an action. 🇫🇷 Marseilles. France The French port city is now a major narcotics hub for year, a 15-year-old was stabbed 50 times and burned alive in the drug violence as murders hit record is the "New France." — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) April 4, 2025 This may have to do with the fact that French women feel increasingly unsafe in their own country. As Remix News has reported, France has seen an incredible 86 percent increase in sexual violence in the last 10 years, with mass immigration fueling this trend. 🇫🇷 Young French woman stalked by Black maleShe says that maybe he'll leave in a moment, but quickly realizes he's still pacing right behind women immediately start livestreaming when they're being stalked now, so there will be evidence if something happens. — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) April 8, 2025 🇫🇷👩🦰 "Do you want to f**k me?"This French woman can't even enjoy a morning on the beach without being sexually harassed. This migrant man was arrested shortly after this incident for choking and assaulting another woman. — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) September 12, 2024 Click here to read more…
