Germany’s Deportation Crackdown: A Media Roundup (The Third Draft - Hanno Hauenstein, 2025-04-05)
https://hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/germanys-deportation-crackdown-a
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“Earlier this week, I broke an investigative story in The Intercept“
“The piece reveals how the #Berlin immigration authorities have ordered the deportation of four foreign nationals … (citizens of the U.S., Poland, and Ireland) – citing their involvement in pro-Palestinian protest actions.
“Crucially to the story, none of the four have been convicted of any crimes.”
“… what makes these four stand out is the reasoning: the authorities explicitly invoke #Germany’s Staatsräson – its “reason of state” – to justify the expulsions, pointing to the state’s proclaimed commitment to Israel’s security.”
“The investigation sparked more reactions than I could have ever anticipated…”
> some links in the next toot
#deportation #ProPalestineProtests #HannoHauenstein
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Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step | Hanno Hauenstein (Guardian, 2025-04-03)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/03/germany-deporting-pro-palestine-eu-citizens-chilling-new-step
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“The country’s so-called political centre has licensed a new era of authoritarianism – to the AfD’s delight”
(The author “placed these deportations in the broader context of #Germany ’s discourse around Israel and Palestine – a repressive climate that has, … targeted high-profile figures…”)
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