German refugees, minorities are afraid of the future after the breakthrough of the far right

Arif Haidray, an Afghan refugee who arrived in Germany 10 years ago as a minor unaccompanied, has difficulty understanding the historical changes that occurred during the Sunday.

“The choices went very, very bad,” he said.

When Haidody arrived in Germany in 2015, Angela Merkel was a chancellor and the country was quoted as a role model for welcome refugees. While most of the rest of Europe has closed its borders, Germany opened the door of more than a million refugees in 2015.

But times have changed.

The Christian Democratic Union of the Right Center (CDU/CSU), which occupied migration by promising a “Basic” overhaul asylum rules and border controlHe scored about 29 percent of the vote in the election last weekend.

Alternative to Germany (AFD), which is repeated calls for remigracy (Deportation of people with a migrant background) received 20.8 percent, which is the highest result for the end right since the end of World War II.

The elections were held after Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost his trust last year after the collapse of his coalition government.

Immigration was the main priority of the voter, especially after a series of attacks, as when Afghan refugee driving a car in a crowd during a demonstration in Munich Two weeks ago, killing her mother and her baby.

On the night of the attack in Munich, “I received so many racist messages, saying that we, Afghans, kill a lot of people,” said Haidody, who is also Vice President of the Munich Advisory Council.

“Unfortunately, much of this is the wrong politicians – they often try to generalize this question and make all Afghanians look like that. I think they will get worse now. Every refugee is scared.”

Fear of deportations

Friedrich Merz, which looks set to become a German chancellor after his party has become winning, he must now try to form a coalition to manage.

Even if Merz extinguished alliance with the end right, many remember that a few weeks ago he accepted the support of AFD, when he filed a proposal against immigration in parliament. It was the first in the country, which was used to maintaining a “firewall” against the far right.

That alliance led to huge demonstrations throughout the country.

The term “remigracy” became part of a rhetoric during the election campaign.

AFD, whose leader, Alice Weidel, is about a woman born in Sri Lanka, even Style of one -way aircraft to send migrants home.

“I’m very worried,” said Cameron Kakanda, a refugee from Uganda who fled four years ago in a persecution in his country for Munich. “They say that all people with migrant origin may have to leave the country. I am one of these people. But Uganda is not a safe place for me.”

Uganda is considered One of the most dangerous countries for 2SLGBTQ+who risk the death penalty.

“Arriving in Germany was not my first choice, because of the language and everything. I would love to go to the US or Canada. But when your life is in danger, go where it is possible to go the fastest to go,” Kakande said.

He managed to get a visa for Germany in 2021 to fly there. Since then, Kakanda has been working as an activist for HIV in non -governmental organizations, has learned language and feels integrated. But now he is afraid of more discrimination.

“You may find that there are people who have no problem with refugees but once they start listening to everything [political] Narratives, their mindset changes. “

Lack of labor

Germany imposed temporary Land limit limit in recent months and started returning people to Afghanistan, The first of the return of the power of Taliban.

“The next four years will be very difficult for refugees and people with a migration background. These people will no longer feel comfortable, and there will be more deportations,” Haidody said.

At the same time, the German economy is in crisis after two years of recession and needs more work with the aging of the population.

“We have, like, 400,000 free jobs every year. We need people who want to work in sectors where there are disadvantages, such as health care,” said Britta Coy, founder of Juno, a non -governmental organization that helps women refugees in Munich.

For example, around 10,000 Syrians work in German hospitalsAccording to Syrian society for doctors and pharmacies in Germany.

Juno, which relies on public subsidies, tries to find new donors because he fears changes in financing.

“I guess [the incoming government] He will reduce social aids for refugees, and there will be even less money for integration projects and non -governmental organizations, which is so important, “Coy said.” If you reduce this, people don’t really have the opportunity to start a new life here. “

Water Supply for 2SLGBTQ+ RIGHTS?

The 2slgbtq+ community is also concerned about the fall of their rights.

For example, Merz’s Party and AFD vowed to revoke self -determination lawwhich made it easier for people to change their gender on official records.

“Merz’s sentences about gender, saying that he can support the idea of [U.S. President Donald] Trump that there are only two sexes, and AFD, which is really against LGBTQ+, even if his leader is in a marital couple with a girlfriend, are not a good sign at all, “said Tobias Oliveira Weismantel, manager of Munich Aids-Hilfe. It is a non-governmental organization that provides 2SLGBTQ+ community services and people.

He says that the current discourse could lead to the stigmatization of the community, at a time when Germany is already experiencing an increase in violence against 2SLGBTQ+ people, according to Weismantel.

“My biggest concern for trance people. We know that they are already dealing with depression, psychological problems and high suicide rates,” he said. “Populism is never good for suicide. I’m really worried.”

AFD -O’s Last Election Manifesto defines family as a “Father, mother and children. “It is invited to make minors protected from what it describes as” trans cult, early sexualization and gender ideology. ”

Vicky Voyage, Queen Drag from Munich, says she had already seen a change.

“Now, every time I work an hour for children, people from the far right come to protest in front of the library and say we are pedophiles and sexualize young people. The children need to go through the secret door that they do not know about demonstration,” Voyage explained.

Protesters “They don’t understand that we only create a safe space for queer children.”

In recent months, Weidel has instilled allies known for his strong attitude against 2SLGBTQ+right. This includes Elona Musk, Tesla CEO and currently the main force in the US Government under Prime Minister Donald Trump. Musk guilty “Awakened Virus” for the transition of his transgender daughter.

“I thought we would never have a situation like in the US, but populism from America has now arrived in Europe, and Trump even gets worse,” Voyage said. Recent German election results see as a final warning.

“If the next government fails in the next four years, the AFD will grow even more. And there is a real risk that it will come to power.”