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Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s CDU party and a leading candidate for chancellor, may again rely on far-right AfD votes to pass stricter immigration laws.

This move, following a similar vote earlier in the week, has drawn widespread criticism, including from former Chancellor Angela Merkel and current Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who called it an “unforgivable mistake.”

Protests erupted across Germany against CDU's cooperation with AfD, which has been partially classified as extremist. Immigration remains a key issue ahead of Germany’s snap election next month.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

At least in Austria it's even more stupid
Immigrants from outside the EU have a real hard time to be even allowed to work legally.
And then people complain, that they're only here to receive social benefits - or younger people sometimes get into illegal drug trade, because they also want to join their Austrian friends in partying or having a smartphone.
What the hell else should they do, when they're not allowed to work?
Fucking hypocrites...

I took in an Indian immigrant in my company with a finished PhD (in Austria), because else he'd be forced to leave the country.
There were quite some hurdles to get over, so he could even start. Because you need to argue why you give the foreigner the job and they also need a quite high start salary, else they aren't allowed to stay.
Seems to depend on the country of origin and what their immigration status is, but it's at least not easy for them to even get a job.