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Merkel’s comments on immigrants could stoke xenophobia among Germans – activist
Published: 18 October, 2010, 21:43
Edited: 19 October, 2010, 13:00
TAGS: EU, Human rights, Immigration
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s recent comments on immigrants’ failure to integrate could prompt xenophobic attacks from Germany’s right-wing nationalist groups, says Anetta Kahane from the Amadeu Antonio Foundation.
Kahane says Merkel is facing a delicate balancing act of heading a globalized country and remaining a representative of the Conservative Party in a country where xenophobic sentiments have steadily been on the rise.
Both the immigrants and the government are to blame for the rising tension, Kahane says.
“I don’t deny that there are problems with integration, especially among the ‘underdog’ social groups. But it’s not good to make an ‘eth-class’ problem out of it,” Kahane said, referring to the segregation of immigrant groups.
“There is a problem with some of these immigrant groups, especially [in relation] to teenagers… But the education system, for instance, has to be improved, on the one hand. And on the other hand, the immigrants have to make an effort to learn German and to be successful.”
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Seems this Kahane lady is a Stasi Communist dinosaur, every country has the right to defend it's culture Communism both economic and cultural does not work because it goes against human nature, she is right to fight against neo nazi gangs, but for every nazi crime in germany their are 15-20 crimes made by racist Turks again Germans also home come she (of Israeli origin) bashes German culture but make no criticism of Israeli racism against Arabs?
Actually, I can't blame people for throwing in with the neo-nazi gangs. Considering what the "enlightened cosmopolitans" like this Kahane woman have done to their nations, their cultures and their societies since the last world war, who can blame them for looking wistfully at the road not taken?