(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Increased discrimination against Asians in Germany during the epidemic

  China News Agency, Berlin, May 21 (Reporter Peng Dawei) German media quoted the German Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (ADS) statistics on the 21st that discrimination related to the new crown epidemic continued to increase. According to a report released by the agency this month, more than half of the complaints it has received since the outbreak of the epidemic have been discriminatory acts against ethnic Asians with ethnic background factors.

  A report released by the German Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency on the 6th of this month revealed that the data as of April 20 showed that it had received more than 100 complaints against discriminatory acts involving the epidemic since the outbreak, and more than half of them involved ethnicity. Background, the rest are related to disability, age and gender. According to the German "Daily News" online report on the 21st, as of mid-May, the number of complaints has increased to 200.

  In the above report, the German Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency described the earliest complaint of discrimination in Germany related to the epidemic: At the end of January this year, a woman stated in the complaint that although she had not returned to China for many months, she was only given Chinese nationality. The dental clinic cancelled the original appointment.

  The report said that many Asian people complained that they were called "new crown virus" in public, and some people were rejected by the store. In addition, Asian people of different nationalities have suffered discrimination and insults: a Malaysian man received a note from a neighbor saying that he "killed Germany"; a Chinese scientist received an anonymous email cursing her child "dead "Yu Xinguan virus", the other party even threatened to "know her address".

  Earlier this month, the owner of a high-end restaurant in Düsseldorf, the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, was reprimanded and delisted by the Michelin guide after he announced in a notice of resumption of work that "Chinese are not welcome." Dusseldorf Mayor Gezer also issued a statement condemning racism against Chinese citizens, and said he would not tolerate racial defamation or discrimination against Asian citizens because of the epidemic.

  Bernhard Frank, acting director of the German Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency, said that the crisis caused by the new crown epidemic has exposed Germany ’s problems in this area and may even exacerbate them. He advised all victims to seek help from relevant agencies and not to swallow their voices. "Discrimination can never be justified, even under crisis." (End)