Ukrainians have been turned away from entering Germany. What happened to open arms to all Ukrainians?
According to a German newspaper, “German authorities have turned away 5,935 Ukrainians who were trying to illegally cross the country’s borders from January through September 2024.”
Germany was a top destination for Ukrainians when the conflict with Russia began in 2022 but Germany is also busy accepting migrants from the Middle East now too. They have accepted a reported total of “2.67 million and 1.93 million in 2022 and 2023 respectively.”
Is it any coincidence then that Germany’s economy is utter scheiße?
Last week, the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast and said that the German economy would stagnate this year even though they had previously predicted a 0.2% growth.
“At the moment we are not as successful as we should be and as we used to be in the European Union,” said German Finance Minister Christian Lindner.
As European analyst Ralph Shoellhammer put it: “It is not that Germans are getting lazier, but they are demoralized by a government that is perceived to support everyone except hard-working (or willing to do so) Germans.”
