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The vast majority of Germans want immediate and drastic measures against illegal migration and support the proposal put forward by Friedrich Merz, the conservative CDU/CSU candidate for chancellor.
This is according to a survey by INSA, commissioned by Bild.
66% of surveyed Germans—two-thirds—support Merz’s proposal for an effective entry ban on all individuals without valid documents. Only 19%, or one in five, reject the plan, which Merz outlined at the end of the week.
The CDU/CSU’s demand for deportations to Afghanistan has also received strong approval from the public. 68% of respondents said they support deportations to the Taliban-controlled country, even though it is not classified as a safe country of origin. Only 19% oppose this measure.
On January 23, Merz vowed to implement an effective entry ban for illegal immigrants if he becomes chancellor.
His statement came after a knife attack in the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg, in which two people, including a small child, were killed.
The attacker in Bavaria was identified as a 28-year-old Afghan man living in a refugee shelter who had mental health issues.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also reacted strongly to the attack, stating that it is time to put an end to such incidents involving asylum seekers in Germany.
