Many German cities have offered seriously and devastated and destroyed Gaza strip to provide medical treatment for seriously ill or painful children.
However, cities – Hanover, Dasseldorf, Bon, Leapzig and Nail – require the support of the federal government to do so. Federal officials must handle all coordination of admission procedures, children’s selection and relief effects.
In a letter written by the Cities, Alexander Alexander Dobrindt and Foreign Minister Johan Wadfuloff to the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) orthodox blocks, the cities have asked for help.
But the federal government is hesitant. The Foreign Office and Internal Ministry, two departments responsible want to review the first situation.
‘Meditation should be on providing assistance on the ground’: Dobrindt
A spokesman for the Interior Ministry said on 6 August that “crucialy” supports “with” departure and possibility of other factors “on the situation of safety. This is the reason, he said the main focus “Why will expanding medical aid in the local level and surrounding area.”
According to the spokesperson, the German government welcomes the proposal, in principle. He said that it is “a matter of great importance” to the German government to support the members of the civil society in providing medical treatment to minors from Gaza Patti.
Internal Minister Dobrendt was somewhat more clear on Thursday. “We should be very careful on what measures we are discussing at this point,” he told the stage Table media, Saying that the federal government is already helping people in Gaza.
“Meditation should be on providing assistance on the ground,” said Dobrid. Although he understands this idea, O goal is not just an FL, not to help anyone.
Suspicious Philanthropicity?
The cities presented have met with displeasure by Serap Guller, a conservative MP of the Ministry of External Affairs. He said that the city was not completely philanthropist, at least not in the case of two northern rhin-westfelion cities of Daseldorf and Bon, which are going to hold municipal elections in September.
“This idea is good for an election campaign or for scoring points, but it does not help people,” Guller told the local Collaner Stad-Aneziger Newspaper.
Ines Schwerdtner, the leader of the opposition socialist left party, called Guller’s statement “derogatory”. He said that it was unacceptable “that Germany is sitting as one of the few countries of the European Union, dying and looking at people.” Even a spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs later rejected Guller’s statement.
Fear of a new wave of migration
But something is there. The CDU/CSU block is afraid of a new wave of irregular immigration, even if it includes only one Fla dozen children. Curbing immigration was one of his election promises, so it is to release the correct choice for Germany (AFD) party, with which new demands are constantly pushing the government forward.
Therefore, this suspicion has been confirmed by Alexander Hoffman, leader of CSU Parliamentary Group in Bundestag. Hey said in an interview with Tabloid, “In the case of taking into weak groups, this is the first and neighboring Arab states.” Picture. And this decisive sentence came: “A new wave of immigration for Germany may not be the answer.”
Orthodox politicians are worried that medical treatment for children will only be the first step, and their relative fun. Returning individuals in Gaza is complicated by the fact that Palestinians are considered a stateless in Germany, which has not recognized Palestine as a country.
On the other hand, CDU and CSU’s center-top alliance partner, Social Democratic Party (SPD), is more open to accept children from Gaza. Dirk Visay, the Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD Parliagenary Group at Bundestag, said that children’s treatment would be “signal of humanity”. A safe journey out of the country, he said, there will be a condition.
“If there are possibilities, if the agreement to provide medical treatment in Germany can be reached, I believe we should do so.”
A member of the Green Party and the mayor of Hanover, Belated One, one of the children who want to take the children, have rejected criticism from the Foreign Ministry. In this initiative, party lines have a wide network of participants, one told The Evengelical Press Service. In addition, he said, Germany has taken the injured people of Russia to Ukraine and misused Yazidis from Iraq in the past. “This is a tried and tested process. All you have to do is to do it.”
Other European countries have already taken action
The hesitation of the German government is contrary to other European countries. For example, Italy and Spain have already taken seriously injured children from Gaza for treatment.
The British government has announced to evacuate the operation, but the plan involves accepting only more than a hundred children. Assistance organizations are urging the government to work quickly in London, saying that children die due to bureaucracy in Gaza.
Mayor of Hanover has suggested cooping with the United Kingdom. For its share, Chancellor Frederick Merz has not yet commented on the proposal made by the German cities.
This article was original in German.
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