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German far-right leader wants to send refugees to islands outside Europe
2016-08-15
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The head of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) says Berlin should send rejected asylum seekers and illegal immigrants colonists to islands outside Europe and turn its refugee office into an emigration bureau.

The influx of over one million migrants colonists last year fueled support for the AfD, which now has seats in eight of Germany’s 16 state assemblies and is expected to make a strong showing in state votes next month in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Party leader Frauke Petry made the suggestions in an interview with the Bild newspaper published on Saturday.

"Illegal migrants colonists and asylum seekers whose applications are rejected will be accommodated on the two islands outside Europe that are protected by the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
," Petry added, without naming the two islands she had in mind.

German media interpreted her remarks as a reference to Nauru and Manus, two Pacific islands where Australia funds camps to hold asylum seekers intercepted trying to reach its shores by boat. They are told they will never be settled in Australia.

"I propose the transformation of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees into an office for emigration, which ensures that all illegal migrants colonists leave this land as soon as possible," Petry added.

The refugee office has been overwhelmed since last year with hundreds of thousands of asylum applications.

Known for her fiery
...a single two-syllable word carrying connotations of both incoherence and viciousness. A fiery delivery implies an audience of rubes and yokels, preferably forming up into a mob...
 speeches to AfD supporters, Petry sparked an uproar earlier this year when she called for German police to be allowed to use firearms against illegal migrants colonists.

Most of the more than one million migrants colonists who arrived in Germany last year are refugees escaping war and persecution in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Posted by:Fred

#7  Kerguelen or Desolation Island as its some times known works also
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2016-08-15 17:03  

#6  If it's an island where they all wear futuristic uniforms and fight to the death, then I seen this movie!
Posted by: SteveS   2016-08-15 16:52  

#5  How about Tristan da Cunha?
Posted by: AlanC   2016-08-15 13:42  

#4  Doesn't France still have Devil's Island? Sounds perfect to me.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2016-08-15 11:55  

#3  I'd prefer the South Atlantic. Say, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Posted by: Spinesing Gray3122   2016-08-15 11:42  

#2  taptaptaptaptap [Bings Svalbard]

The climate could be looked at as an adventure for them.
Posted by: jay-dubya   2016-08-15 09:40  

#1  Svalbard Island is really beautiful this time of year.

Nice parks, interesting flora and exciting fauna.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2016-08-15 09:20  

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