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Berlin’s immigration authorities are moving to deport four young foreign residents on allegations related to participation in protests against Israel’s war on Gaza, an unprecedented move that raises serious concerns over civil liberties in Germany.

The deportation orders, issued under German migration law, were made amid political pressure and over internal objections from the head of the state of Berlin’s immigration agency.

The internal strife arose because three of those targeted for deportation are citizens of European Union member states who normally enjoy freedom of movement between E.U. countries. None of the four has been convicted of any crimes.

“What we’re seeing here is straight out of the far right’s playbook,” said Alexander Gorski, a lawyer representing two of the protesters. “You can see it in the U.S. and Germany, too: Political dissent is silenced by targeting the migration status of protesters.”

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[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 49 points 6 days ago

If this thread is at all representative of how left-leaning Europeans think, then... uh... y'all are fucked. The proto-fascism here can not result in anything else other than Trump/Orban clones taking power all over Europe. I'm not trying to attack you, but You the People need to do something about this before it's too late.

[-] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

People should enjoy the last years of democracy and freedom of movement in Europe, because all of that is about to end soon, even more so now with hostile allies like the United States actively financing the fragmentation of the EU.

That's life, it may be a consolation to think that at least we had the opportunity to live for a while in a particularly prosperous, free and peaceful historical anomaly. The next generations probably won't have that luck.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 32 points 6 days ago

Lot of AfD voters in this thread looks like.

[-] kokolowlander@lemm.ee 15 points 6 days ago

Going to need another source than intercept to believe this story. They have a history of sensationalization or leaving important details out.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

No they do not. The Intercept has been incredibly reliable over the past two years.

[-] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Al Jazeera and FT are reporting on it too. But what’s your issue with the Intercept?

[-] hamburger@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 days ago

The Intercept is not a trustworthy source for news. What they do is quite simply activism.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

On the contrary. TheIntercept is a very credible news souce.

[-] eskimofry@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

activism is not the bad word that far-right groups have indoctrinated people to believe it is.

[-] watsym@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Germany seems to be doing due process, so that invalidates the premise that it's like US where people are sent to El Salvador without any process. Hence the article is garbage.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 11 points 6 days ago

A court striking down an illegal order after months, maybe years of court processes does change that the victims are put under immense pressure, blocked from pursuing an education or work while in Limbo, unable to travel and on top of that have high legal costs to upfront.

Meanwhile the perpetraitors on the government side face no repercussions even if the courts strike down the order.

It is an effective extrajudicial punishment and the victims can loose years of their life.

Also due process in Germany evaporates into a barely visible steam when it comes to police violence, where even brutal attacks by police officers rarely yield a sentence that would prevent them from continuing working as police.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 5 points 6 days ago

Germany seems to be doing due process,

Only in the sense that due process in Germany barely exists in this case.

Under German migration law, authorities don’t need a criminal conviction to issue a deportation order

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