Germany wants refugees to integrate or lose residency rights

[Robby999 1,024]

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said he is planning a new law that will require refugees to learn German and integrate into society, or else lose their permanent right of residence.

The initiative comes after voters punished Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in regional elections earlier this month, giving a thumbs-down to her open-door refugee policy and turning in droves to the anti-immigrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Around 1 million migrants arrived in Germany last year - many fleeing conflict and economic hardship in the Middle East and Africa - and de Maiziere said around 100,000 more had arrived so far this year.

Germany expected that in return for language lessons, social benefits and housing, the new arrivals made an effort to integrate, he told ARD television.

"For those who refuse to learn German, for those who refuse to allow their relatives to integrate - for instance women or girls - for those who reject job offers: for them, there cannot be an unlimited settlement permit after three years," he said.

De Maiziere, who belongs to Merkel's conservatives party, added that he wanted "a link between successful integration and the permission for how long one is allowed to stay in Germany."

Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel welcomed the draft law, which is planned for May.

"We must not only support integration but demand it," Gabriel told mass-selling daily Bild.

Gabriel's Social Democrats, the junior partner in Germany's ruling coalition with Merkel's conservatives, also suffered losses in this month's elections in three German states.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-germany-integration-idUSKCN0WU147

That should be mandatory in every country that accepts immigrants! Since immigration is a privilege and not a right ( as most of us here have heard many times). You want the right to protest the government that is giving you refuge?Then you need to integrate, naturalize, and then protest your heart out! You want to continue living traditionally as you did in your homeland? Stay in your homeland and fight whatever is making you want to leave.

[eieio 1,594]

Looks like some of the Germans are starting to pull their heads out of the sand.

[ExPatty 502]

Too little too late. Also won't be enforced anyway. Perfect example of political grandstanding with no teeth or genuine intent.

[da doufu 5]

Not likely. Thank God for our moat.

The moat aint workin.

Obatard is flying them in and dumping them in cities all over the country and slipping them through without a customs check.

I hope only Democrats are harmed in the next attack. The rest of us don't deserve it.

Edited March 30, 2016 by da doufu

[smilesammich 10,727]

The moat aint workin.

Obatard is flying them in and dumping them in cities all over the country and slipping them through without a customs check.

I hope only Democrats are harmed in the next attack. The rest of us don't deserve it.

hi. i'm super interested in yer sources. obama is flying in refugees without a customs check? seriously.

also, you're clearly a true patriot, wishing death upon your fellow americans. america bless god!

[TBoneTX 46,276]

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[da doufu 5]

Actually I believe those supporting open borders and unvetted refugees are wishing me death or harm. Those people are Democrats and Obama supporters. Why should I be harmed because of what they have done?

hi. i'm super interested in yer sources. obama is flying in refugees without a customs check? seriously.

also, you're clearly a true patriot, wishing death upon your fellow americans. america bless god!

[smilesammich 10,727]

Actually I believe those supporting open borders and unvetted refugees are wishing me death or harm.

that sounds like a paranoid delusion. especially considering refugees are vetted.

[smilesammich 10,727]

A post has been removed, and administrative action applied, for violation of this TOS provision: "Attempt to bypass the Forums language filter through the use of alternative characters to spell profanities or through the posting of images containing profanity."

is it more important to remove a slew of punctuation and hashtags or posts that say things like...

I hope only Democrats are harmed in the next attack. The rest of us don't deserve it.

just wondering because this comment doesn't seem like something any of us would say, let alone get away with.

[Teddy B 17,252]

that sounds like a paranoid delusion. especially considering refugees are vetted.

It's like they just make it up as they go along.

[da doufu 5]

http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/congress-just-announced-major-plan-to-stop-obamas-syrian-refugees/

http://truthuncensored.net/list-of-190-cities-where-obama-is-dumping-thousands-of-syrian-muslim-refugees/

http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/secretmuslims.asp

Google is your friend. Try it.

hi. i'm super interested in yer sources. obama is flying in refugees without a customs check? seriously.

also, you're clearly a true patriot, wishing death upon your fellow americans. america bless god!

[smilesammich 10,727]

http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/congress-just-announced-major-plan-to-stop-obamas-syrian-refugees/

http://truthuncensored.net/list-of-190-cities-where-obama-is-dumping-thousands-of-syrian-muslim-refugees/

http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/secretmuslims.asp

Google is your friend. Try it.

and actually reading the links you post, is yours.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

and actually reading the links you post, is yours.

No kidding! The Snopes link kind of kills the points that the poster is making. Didn't bother with checking out the other two.

[smilesammich 10,727]

No kidding! The Snopes link kind of kills the points that the poster is making. Didn't bother with checking out the other two.

lol. same!

[Ban Hammer 13,641]

that sounds like a paranoid delusion. especially considering refugees are vetted.