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Musk wades into German political debate over migrant ‘invasion’

2023-10-01

[IsraelTimes] Billionaire reposts article on German efforts to save ~~migrants~~ colonists in the Mediterranean with call for far-right party to win regional elections, is rebuked by Berlin

Billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday waded into German politics at a time of a heated debate on immigration across Europe, saying Berlin-funded migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean could be seen as an "invasion" of Italia.

Musk, who was born in South Africa, has Canadian nationality and lives in the United States, shared a post calling for a victory of the far-right party AfD a week before regional elections in two major German states.

Berlin is locked in a row with Italia over the NGO sea operations, with Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni on Friday demanding that charity ships disembark the rescued ~~migrants~~ colonists in their own countries.

Musk shared a post on X by a user identified as "Radio Genoa" that blasted German NGO operations in the Mediterranean and expressed hope that "AfD wins the elections to stop this European suicide," referring to the upcoming polls.

To Musk’s question if the "German public is aware of this," the German foreign ministry replied curtly: "Yes. And it’s called saving lives."

The foreign ministry’s answer prompted the social media platform’s boss to intensify his criticism, writing in another post early Saturday: "Frankly, I doubt that a majority of the German public supports this."

"Have you run a poll? Surely it is a violation of the illusory sovereignty of Italia for Germany to transport vast numbers of illegal im~~migrants~~ colonists to Italian soil? Has invasion vibes," Musk added.

Meloni recently wrote a letter of complaint to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to express her "amazement" about Berlin funding charities helping irregular ~~migrants~~ colonists in her country.

Asked about the letter, Berlin confirmed that it was providing between 400,000 euros and 800,000 euros each to two projects relating to ~~migrants~~ colonists.

So under €1.6 million altogether. That’s a lot of money when Germany’s voters will sit in the cold and dark again this winter while their economy grinds to a halt...

The projects were "for the support on land in Italia of people rescued at sea and an NGO project for sea-rescue operations."

On the other hand, had those sea rescues not occurred, the rescued people would not have needed all that support. In some circles this is referred to as philosophy.

At a presser this week following talks with her Italian counterpart, Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock defended Berlin’s backing of rescue missions.

"Volunteer sea rescuers have a life-saving task in the Mediterranean," she said.

"They are committed to countering the deaths in the Mediterranean with humanity, precisely because the European joint sea rescue service Mare Nostrum no longer exists," she added, referring to the Italian government’s year-long operation that rescued more than 100,000 ~~migrants~~ colonists before ending in 2014.

That was a project of a previous government, and a large part of the reason why Mrs. Meloni is now prime minister.

More than 130,000 ~~migrants~~ colonists have arrived on Italia’s shores so far this year, almost double the number last year, according to interior ministry figures.

In Germany too, new arrival numbers have risen sharply, prompting Berlin to announce Wednesday that it would step up policing of its borders with Poland and the Czech Republic, in a bid to stop people smugglers.

Ahead of regional elections on October 8 in the states of Bavaria and Hesse, immigration has also emerged as a key topic, with Bavarians citing it as the most important subject in a latest poll.

Posted by:trailing wife

#2 Musk understands the calamities that can be caused by foreign migrations or invasions as it were.

Posted by: Besoeker 2023-10-01 03:14

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Posted by: Skidmark 2023-10-01 03:03

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