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Syria Blocks Mass Deportations from Germany by Withholding Travel Documents

The deportation of Syrian citizens from Germany has been virtually paralyzed despite the political announcements made by Berlin in recent months. A key reason is that Damascus has stopped issuing replacement travel documents for Syrian nationals facing deportation.

According to recently published information, since the end of January no German federal state has received the type of documentation required to carry out forced returns of individuals lacking valid passports or complete identity documents.These replacement documents are an essential requirement in deportation procedures. Without them, authorities may face serious legal and operational difficulties in carrying out returns even when a final deportation order exists.

by Blazingcatfur•May 21, 2026May 21, 2026•0•"Islamophobia", Camp Of The Saints, Germany, Syria

Germany: Government Data Reveals AfD as Top Target for Political Violence

According to recent German government data, the number of violent attacks against politicians surged by 28% in 2025, with the national conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) bearing the brunt of the violence.

Out of 183 recorded violent crimes targeting politicians last year, 121 were directed at AfD representatives.

by Blazingcatfur•May 19, 2026May 18, 2026•0•Germany, Germany - AfD party

Crimes Against AfD Triple in German State Within a Year

North Rhine-Westphalia recorded a sharp rise in politically motivated crimes targeting the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2025, with more than 1,000 offences reported, according to figures released by the state government in response to a parliamentary inquiry by AfD lawmaker Markus Wagner.

The data also show that several investigations into attacks on AfD-linked premises in the western German city of Wuppertal were discontinued after prosecutors failed to identify suspects or concrete leads.

by Blazingcatfur•May 16, 2026May 16, 2026•0•Germany, Germany - AfD party, Germany: Not Bombed Enough?

Japan, Germany and Zombie Firms: The Quiet Suicide of Socialized Corporations

Japan, in the 1980s, was supposed to be the future. Its industrial groups, protected by dense networks of banks, suppliers and friendly shareholders, were praised as more patient, more loyal and more strategic than America’s purportedly short-term capitalism. Germany, meanwhile, was sold as the humane alternative to Anglo-Saxon brutality: strong unions, worker participation, industrial discipline, export prowess and a “social market economy” that allegedly reconciled capitalism with solidarity.

by Blazingcatfur•May 15, 2026May 15, 2026•0•Germany, Japan

Afghan migrant, 20, arrested after 11-year-old girl sexually assaulted in German school restroom

A 20-year-old Afghan national has been remanded in custody in Germany after an 11-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted inside a school restroom in Koblenz.

According to prosecutors, the man is suspected of committing sexual acts against the child on school grounds on April 28. A second young man, aged 19, is also under investigation as a suspected accomplice.

by Blazingcatfur•May 14, 2026May 14, 2026•0•Camp Of The Saints, Germany

Europe’s sleeping giant rearms

The smell of oil and scorched metal lingers in the workshop where the world’s most widely used submachine gun is made.

As workers armed with blowtorches pore over aiming sights and cocking tubes, row upon row of robotic arms are forging and drilling gun barrels on the factory floor.

This is the secretive manufacturing hub of Heckler & Koch, the German firm perhaps best known in Britain for supplying MP5 submachine guns to UK special forces.

by Blazingcatfur•May 14, 2026May 13, 2026•0•Germany

Germany’s Little America confronts the specter of US troop withdrawal

VILSECK, Germany—A line of tattooed, beefed-up men with bushy beards and American accents formed at the bakery in this tiny Bavarian town on a recent May morning. U.S. muscle cars are driven down the medieval streets here, where Americans outnumber Germans 2 to 1.

Enclaves like this sprouted across Germany in areas occupied by U.S. forces after World War II, shaping the society around them for several generations. Elvis Presley served near here in the 1950s and performed at the local pub.

But Germany’s “Little Americas” are dying out.

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2026May 13, 2026•0•Germany, NATO, USA

Germany’s Nuclear Confession Is a Crack in Net‑Zero Pretense

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called the nuclear phaseout a “serious strategic mistake” that left Germany short of firm power that turned the Energiewende into the most expensive energy transition on the planet. This is an early marker for a developing worldwide retreat from policies that sidelined nuclear power and demonized coal, oil, and natural gas.

by Blazingcatfur•May 12, 2026May 12, 2026•0•"Net-Zero Tyranny", Germany, WTF?

‘Nobody Comes for Welfare’: German Minister Faces Reality Check

Germany’s labour minister has been accused of denying reality after insisting “nobody immigrates into our social welfare system” despite government data showing foreigners are heavily overrepresented among welfare claimants.

The controversy erupted during a government question session on Wednesday, May 6th, when right-wing AfD MP René Springer asked why the government was not cutting spending “where it is obvious: immigration into our social systems” as Germany struggles with rising welfare costs and mounting budget pressure.

Labour Minister Bärbel Bas dismissed the claim outright, arguing instead that immigration was helping to address labour shortages.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2026May 11, 2026•0•Camp Of The Saints, Germany, WTF?

Trump indicates US could move troops from Germany to Poland

President Donald Trump said Friday night that the United States military could decide to relocate the troops that are currently stationed in Germany and move them to Poland.

The president touted his friendship with the country’s leader, President Karol Nawrocki, who assumed office last year. The Pentagon previously indicated that the U.S. would move 5,000 troops from Germany in the next six to 12 months.

I’m told this country is Germany …

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by Blazingcatfur•May 9, 2026May 8, 2026•0•Germany, USA

Germany Threatens Fines as Youth Ignore Call-Up Survey

Thousands of young Germans are refusing to comply with a compulsory survey that could see them called up for military service, forcing the government to threaten fines and even jail time to enforce participation.

Since January, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government has sent more than 200,000 mandatory notices to 18-year-old men under a new system designed to rebuild the Bundeswehr. Recipients must provide details on their health, fitness, and willingness to serve—information that will be used to decide who is selected.

by Blazingcatfur•May 9, 2026May 8, 2026•0•Germany

More than 50,000 pupils expected to strike over German rearmament policy

Tens of thousands of pupils across Germany are expected to boycott the classroom and take to the streets in a nationwide protest organisers say is to stop the government’s rearmament policy turning young people into “cannon fodder”.

Despite threats from teachers’ associations and education ministries, which have said anyone who demonstrates during school hours could risk penalties and even expulsion, organisers say they expect the number of participants at Friday’s school strike to be at least as high as the estimated 50,000 who attended each of the first two.

by Blazingcatfur•May 8, 2026May 7, 2026•0•Germany, Germany: Not Bombed Enough?

Christian YouTubers Prosecuted for Criticizing Islamic Antisemitism in Germany

A criminal investigation in Germany has drawn international attention and reignited debate over freedom of speech and religious criticism. At the center of the case are two Christian YouTubers who spoke out against Islamic antisemitism and are now under scrutiny by prosecutors for it.

The case involves ‘Niko’ and ‘Tino,’ creators of the YouTube channel Eternal Life, where they publish content about Christianity, faith, and social issues. In 2024, they uploaded a video titled “Islam is not peace,” in which they criticized what they described as Islamic antisemitism in Germany.

by Blazingcatfur•May 6, 2026May 6, 2026•0•"Islamophobia", Christian Persecution, Germany, Germany: Not Bombed Enough?, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Millions of Syrians Are Returning Home—but Not From Germany

Millions of Syrians are returning home—but of the more than 900,000 living in Germany, very few have shown an interest in leaving, official figures show.

According to figures from the UN’s refugee agency UNHCR, reported by Welt, over 1.6 million Syrian refugees have returned since Bashar al-Assad’s regime was toppled in December 2024, most of them from neighboring countries: 634,000 from Turkey; 621,000 from Lebanon; and 284,000 from Jordan.

In the report, Germany is included in a category called “other countries”—with just over 6,000 returnees in total.

Not many from Canada either.

by Blazingcatfur•May 4, 2026May 3, 2026•0•Camp Of The Saints, Germany, Syria

‘We love our Americans’: the German town rocked by Trump’s plan to withdraw US troops

Despite Donald Trump’s frequent bluster, Nadine Firmont said the US president’s move to pull American troops out of Germany had hit her town like a bombshell.

“I have to tell you I was honestly shocked,” said Firmont, 45, who works at a high school in Landstuhl, south-west Germany, the heart of the largest American military community outside the US.

Even with previous drawdowns and discussions of US redeployments, Trump’s angry outburst carried a blunt menace that startled Firmont and her neighbours.

by Blazingcatfur•May 2, 2026May 2, 2026•0•Germany, USA