Knife attack in Solingen: Dobrindt calls for tough plan for migration

t-online Knife attack in Solingen: Dobrindt calls for tough plan for migration Sara Sievert • 1 day • 3 minutes reading time Dobrindt calls for 5-point plan for migration "This requires a tough course" Tough course: Union calls for various tightening measures in migration policy After a Syrian refugee killed three people in a knife attack, the Union is calling on the Chancellor to change course in migration policy. CSU regional group leader Dobrindt is presenting a "5-point tough plan" for this. The Union is calling on the traffic light coalition to significantly tighten its migration policy. After the knife attack on Friday, the chairman of the CSU regional group, Alexander Dobrindt, sharply criticized the Chancellor and his coalition and demanded consequences. At a folk festival in the city of Solingen, a man of Syrian origin attacked several people last Friday. Three died, eight were injured, five of them seriously. According to reports in "Spiegel", the 26-year-old perpetrator came to Germany from Syria at the end of December 2022 and is said to have applied for asylum in Bielefeld. The Union is now demanding a "course correction" in migration policy: "The security interests of our society must be the top priority and not the protection of criminals and threats," Dobrindt told the news portal t-online. A "tough course with consistent deportations, residence bans, passport withdrawals and detention pending deportation" is needed. The CSU politician calls on the Chancellor to assert himself against parts of his coalition and with the help of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group if in doubt: "The time of traffic light excuses on migration is finally over. If the traffic light parties lack the strength for the necessary change of course because of the Greens or other ideologues in the government, we are ready to help achieve the parliamentary majorities for the necessary decisions," said Dobrindt. New attempt? The Union is calling on the Chancellor to cooperate on migration. The CSU politician is proposing a plan with several measures, which t-online has seen. Dobrindt's "5-point tough plan" for migration policy 1. Deportations to Syria and Afghanistan must be implemented immediately. Voluntary admission programs must be ended immediately and no more migrants from these countries must be admitted. Comprehensive rejections must be carried out at our borders. 2. Passport withdrawal for terror supporters with dual passports and a ban on residence in Germany: Terror supporters with dual passports must have their German passport withdrawn and a ban on residence in Germany imposed. 3. Loss of right of residence when on vacation at home: Anyone who travels to their homeland as a refugee on vacation must necessarily lose their right of residence in Germany. 4. Deportation custody for foreign criminals who are required to leave the country: Criminals who are required to leave the country must be taken into detention for an unlimited period of time. 5. Stop express naturalizations: The express naturalization introduced by the traffic light coalition after just three years of residence must be stopped. Merz also in favor of tightening up and working with Scholz The CDU leader and opposition leader Friedrich Merz also commented on the topic in his #MerzMail on Sunday and made some similar suggestions. For example, Merz wrote: "After the terrorist attack in Solingen, it should now be clear: it is not the knives that are the problem, but the people who walk around with them. In the majority of cases, these are refugees, and in the majority of cases, there are Islamist motives behind them." The CDU chairman is also calling for more deportations to Syria and Afghanistan and a stop to the admission of refugees from the two countries.