On Wednesday, Germany officially realized that more than a quarter of its population are people with the so-called migration background. That is, data are published that show that the number of “migrants” in 2018 has increased by 2.5% and the figure looks like this: 20.8 million people. There have never been so many “migrants” in the country.
In fact, the country was almost mono-ethnic (especially after the purges of the Jewish population) sometime before the beginning of the 1960s, when about two million Turkish workers were invited to restore the national economy after the arrival of such rude Russian tanks.
I apologize for the quotation marks in the word “migrants”. The fact is that the statistics in the Federal Republic of Germany are not so surprising, but simply what the Soviet newspapers called the "corrupt girl of imperialism." At first, the presence of foreigners in the country was considered so - on the principle of having another citizenship and passport. Since 2005, they began to think differently. When the “concept of migration background” was introduced in population statistics in 2005, the share of migrants was 14%, then it slowly increased, and then sharply (from 2011) to the current 25.5%.
“The concept of a migratory background” is generally a song that allows you to do anything with numbers and terms in order to achieve a propaganda effect. It sounds like this: "The one who immigrated himself or had at least one parent without German citizenship." This was introduced because, according to the Federal Statistical Office, "the level of integration of migrants, including foreigners, immigrants and naturalized citizens and their descendants, was insufficient."
Then the subtleties begin. For example, migrants from East Germany who were not born in the Federal Republic of Germany and did not have citizenship of the Bundesrepublic, are not taken into account at all. OK. When groups of migrants are marked out, then Turkey passes through the category of "Europe", and Kazakhstan - as Asia.
At the same time, we understand that after all, Turks come from Turkey, but from Kazakhstan - only ethnic Germans, who are recorded as Asians.
To make it clear how this comes in handy in propaganda: a week ago in the newspapers headlines - "An asylum seeker stabbed a Kazakh." The fact is that everything looks as if there are some kind of internal showdown between these strange people, to which the burgher can close his eyes - my hut from the edge.
Another thing is the headline "Magomed Ali K. slaughtered William D. with a sword." It becomes clear to everyone that the migrant killed the German, the day after the African threw a random German child under the train with his mother in Frankfurt.
Such a headline can break the fragile patience of citizens. Therefore, all the newspapers persistently called the victim “Kazakh” and avoided mentioning the name of the man. What a villainy.
And actually, with the expectation of basic audience racism. Well, such a thing - according to statistics, he is Kazakh. According to German statistics.
The fact that the share of immigrants in Germany has grown to a quarter of the population is also explained by the rapid decline in the German population: in 2005 there were 66.4 million native Germans in the country. Compare with 60.8 million in 2018. Well, as the newspaper Die Welt says, this is due to the fact that new Muslim women will have much more children. Therefore, even with zero migration, the number of residents “with a migration background” will constantly increase.
A comparison of generations is also interesting: currently 5.6 million Germans live in the country without a “migration background” in the age group of 50 to 55 years. The number of Germans aged 25 to 30 is 3.4 million. I have never been a specialist in demographic curves, but, in my opinion, these are some abnormal numbers.
The “concept of migratory background” brings together completely different groups of the population - from Lebanese who have been living there since the civil war in Lebanon without documents, and, say, Russian Jews who began to arrive in large numbers in the 1980s and 1990s.
Asylum seekers, those who have been denied asylum, but who still remain, and also those who resisted the deportation and also remained there, are considered there (and is that possible, right?). The degree of integration and usefulness for society, as well as the role in the creation and consumption of the national product is not so much different, and sometimes just the opposite. At the same time, say, the “migration background” in this form breaks off on the grandchildren of grandfathers who had different citizenship at birth.
One German newspaper writes: “Think of new statistics that show how many people experience structural racism.”
About migration to a country where there were no “strangers”, you can write poems and books. Nevertheless, no one asks the government questions: why was it not ready for the processes that it itself launched? By stupidity or on purpose? Who will pay for the multicultural holiday when the main work horses die anyway?
And then suddenly statistics from the criminal department surfaced, which once again broke the layman's brain. It turns out that refugees who arrived after 2015 love to spend their vacations in the countries from which they fled.
Herr Seehofer became furious and made an angry speech: “Anyone who travels regularly to Syria and is himself a Syrian refugee cannot seriously rely on our defense.” Oh, what a formidable uncle! He received a response from the police department: “We rarely receive information that our refugee clients are traveling to their country. Typically, Syrians fly to Turkey, and Afghans fly to Iran. ” And clap eyelashes. It’s as if no one knows how some of your citizens went to ISIS * and the Taliban ** to fight a little - that’s how. Through Turkey and Iran. “Whether they find their relatives there, whether they spend their time in employment centers or go home, our employees do not find out.”
To be honest - it's generally too late to find out. Continue reading your “migration background” chart and pronounce: Wir schaffen das.
* “Islamic State” (ISIS, ISIS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.
** “Taliban” - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.
The author’s point of view may not coincide with the position of the publisher.