German police reported registering more than 500 attacks on refugees and their residences in the first half of this year in the shadow of the government's strict measures to curb the influx of migrants.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): According to the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" newspaper, according to statistics, more than 500 attacks on asylum seekers have taken place in Germany this year. In 2023, this number was of course significantly higher. These crimes are mainly attributed to the right-wing scene. Germany's two federal states with relatively small populations stand out in particular in these statistics.

Accordingly, the German police recorded 519 attacks on asylum seekers across Germany in the first half of 2024. This statistic was obtained by referring to the answer of the German federal government to a question from the left faction, which was published by the German media. These attacks specifically relate to crimes such as incitement to hatred, coercion and grievous bodily harm.

According to the answer given to the German news agency, 46 people, including 6 children, were injured in these incidents that took place outside the refugee residence. Most of the attacks - 456 in total - are attributed by the police to the right-wing scene. According to the statistics, 69 attacks have been made on the residence of the refugees. In the first half of 2023, inspectors recorded 1,155 attacks on refugees and 2,450 in the whole of last year.

The regional epicenter of the crimes is in the states of Saxony and Thuringia, where state elections will be held on September 1, according to information released citing a response from the German Ministry of Economy. Accordingly, of the 286 attacks on refugees nationwide in the second quarter of 2024, most occurred in Saxony (41) and Thuringia (35). It is followed by the states of Bavaria (31), Lower Saxony (30) and Brandenburg (29).

Clara Bunger, a leftist member of the Bundestag, said in a conversation with a German media: "We have known for a long time that there is a close connection between racist slogans issued by politicians and racist mobilization and attacks in the streets."

Banger also said that when the right-wing in parliament calls for anti-immigration measures and even members of the government blame refugees for all kinds of social problems, declare deportations "on a large scale" or even describe asylum seekers as invaders, as happened in England, in These conditions, racists feel, have the power to prey on people and terrorize refugees.

Germany, along with other European countries, always tightens its policies towards asylum seekers in order to prevent their influx into the European Union.

The German Federal Ministry of the Interior recently announced an increase in refugee deportations from Germany this year compared to the same period last year.

In this way, the number of deportations from Germany has increased significantly recently. The spokesperson of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior said that 6,316 people were deported from January to April 2024, which is 30% more than the same period last year. At that time, 4972 people were deported from this country.

German Prime Minister Olaf Schultz recently announced in a statement that he wants to allow the deportation of serious criminals to Afghanistan and Syria again. The German Federal Ministry of the Interior is currently considering options related to this matter. Afghanistan and Syria have so far been classified as extremely insecure countries.

In this way, in order to deal with the influx of refugees, the German federal government has continued to emphasize deterrence measures and has put the conclusion of several migration agreements with third countries on the agenda to deal with this crisis.

The government coalition in Germany led by "Olaf Schultz" sees asylum agreements as the key to regulating immigration to Germany. The parties of the coalition government (Social Democratic Party, Greens and Liberal Democrats) had agreed in the coalition agreement to appoint a special representative for this purpose. This special representative of the traffic light coalition was introduced in early February 2023, whose office is located in the Federal Ministry of Interior.

The German federal government is also currently completing its review of how asylum procedures in third countries are legally possible.

The narrative of irregular migration as a danger has been around for a long time in the European Union. European Union countries rely on defense and deterrence approach and in this way cooperate with some autocratic and dictatorial countries.