richlind33: My point is that I think you're exaggerating when you suggest that trouble re emigration is merely far-right propaganda.
BreOl72: Ah,...you mean immigration.
Assimilation is something very different.
Ok - first things first: I'm no social romantic!
I know there are (a lot of) problems, when it comes to the immigration of strangers in Germany (like in most (all?) other countries.
These problems double, if said strangers have different religious believes, in particular, if some (!) of these strangers think the religion should have a say in the politics, laws, etc., which is (
or should be at least) an absolute "no-no" in any modern society.
Here in Germany, we have immigrants since the 60s, when all the Italians and the Turks came, to do the jobs, that we Germans didn't want to do any longer (because: too hard, too dirty, not payed well enough).
Some of these "Gastarbeiter" stayed here, brought their families over, raised their children here...in some cases, all went smooth - they fit in (because they were willing to fit in!), learned our language, their kids learned our language, got a good education...in short: they are successful Germans (of turkish ancestry) nowadays.
These immigrants are -as far as I can tell- well regarded by the majority of us Germans (some idiots left outside).
Some others, were not so willing to fit in.
They chose to live in "ghettos", among themselves, not really willing to learn our language, therefore their kids had trouble learning our language, too.
I remember, when I came into elemantary school, there was this turkish girl, who couldn't speak or understand a single German word...you have to imaging this: that kid lived here in Germany for six years, and had not learned a single word of our language - of course, teachers had a hard time, teaching her anything.
And it doesn't really stop at the refusal to learn German - they also brought their "religious laws" (sharia, etc.), and they think, they should be allowed to live after these religious laws.
Which would be no problem, of course (catholics live after religious laws (commandments), too...well some of them), if sharia would only be like catholic commandments, but...sharia relates to everything in their lives.
And they think, their sharia should be the ONLY law to which they have to live by.
All the "worldly" and "western" laws are nothing to them.
Thus we have forced marriages, honor killings, etc.
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I just realize I write a wall of text here...to make it short:
No, I don't claim the problems with immigrants /refugees to be merely far-right propaganda.
These problems exist.
The problem with the far-right extremists is - they don't see the aforementioned positive examples...for them every stranger is a rapist, thief, murderer, living on their cost.
And as if the true problems wouldn't be bad enough already, they always have to add fuel to the fire, in example - by claiming, that "good Germans" were forced out of their homes, because refugees wanted them.
Which -in a way- is partially true, but leaves out all the little details (and the devil always is in the details) and of course any rectification to any prematurely made accusation.
And in a climate of uncertainty and resentments, such claims can (and actually have) lead to violent incidents against innocents.
And that is no exaggeration!
Thank you for the detailed response, including correction of "emigration". I quite agree with your points.