björn alex scheffler (he/him)
@bjoernscheffler.bsky.social
most of the time i try to make sense of radical right or mainstream parties’ politics of migration. also graduate student at stockholm university, prior humboldt university of berlin & university of vienna.
spd und union setzen damit das projekt fort, welches die ampelpartein im herbst 2024 mit der einführung von grenzkontrollen, dem sogenannten sicherheitspaket und dem abschiebeüberbietungswettbewerb im wahlkampf bereits eingeleitet hatten.
April 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
spd und union setzen damit das projekt fort, welches die ampelpartein im herbst 2024 mit der einführung von grenzkontrollen, dem sogenannten sicherheitspaket und dem abschiebeüberbietungswettbewerb im wahlkampf bereits eingeleitet hatten.
if we want to understand anti-immigration politics and the expansion of the authoritarian state, we should not only look at the radical right (that in many places is not in government), but also keep our eyes on „centre right“ and „centre-left“ parties!
April 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
if we want to understand anti-immigration politics and the expansion of the authoritarian state, we should not only look at the radical right (that in many places is not in government), but also keep our eyes on „centre right“ and „centre-left“ parties!
with these policies, the new coalition further attacks racialised minorities, the right to asylum & the EU’s freedom of movement. but with the „security package“ and the introduction of border controls in autumn 2024, the coalition of SPD, greens and FDP already paved the way for these steps …
April 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
with these policies, the new coalition further attacks racialised minorities, the right to asylum & the EU’s freedom of movement. but with the „security package“ and the introduction of border controls in autumn 2024, the coalition of SPD, greens and FDP already paved the way for these steps …
this includes: controls at national borders & rejections of asylum applications, „deportation offensive", end of voluntary admission programmes, suspension of family reunification, significant increase in the number of safe origin countries, new citizenship law (earliest after 5 instead of 3yrs) …
April 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
this includes: controls at national borders & rejections of asylum applications, „deportation offensive", end of voluntary admission programmes, suspension of family reunification, significant increase in the number of safe origin countries, new citizenship law (earliest after 5 instead of 3yrs) …
less than 10 years ago, merkel (CDU) defended open borders, her „wir schaffen das“ symbolised a humanitarian germany that upheld the right to asylum. today, the soon to be chancellor merz (CDU) proudly presents the coalition agreement, including the fight against „illegal immigration“ …
April 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
less than 10 years ago, merkel (CDU) defended open borders, her „wir schaffen das“ symbolised a humanitarian germany that upheld the right to asylum. today, the soon to be chancellor merz (CDU) proudly presents the coalition agreement, including the fight against „illegal immigration“ …