Esken defends Scholz's migration policy in front of Jusos
SPD leader Saskia Esken has defended Chancellor Olaf Scholz's migration policy in front of the Jusos. The cover of "Der Spiegel" with the Scholz quote "We must finally deport on a grand scale" had also shocked her, said Esken on Saturday at the SPD youth congress in Braunschweig. "But if you read the chancellor's entire interview, you can see the holistic approach of the Ampel's migration policy. The language, the language is our problem," said Esken.
The Jusos had sharply criticized Scholz for his statement on deportations and his migration policy in general. "A demand straight from the vocabulary of the right-wing mob," the SPD youth posted on X (formerly Twitter). "I could puke at this quote," wrote Philipp Türmer, who was elected head of the Young Social Democrats on Friday.
Esken emphasized that the anti-immigration sentiment was a great danger for Germany. "It is a slap in the face to all those who have helped build our prosperity and our country." Now we need more order and humanity. "Our problem is not migration, our problem is the great inequality in the country," Esken emphasized.
The Jusos strongly criticized SPD leader Olaf Scholz's migration policy and his remarks on deportations, labeling his quote as "a demand straight from the vocabulary of the right-wing mob." In response, SPD chairman Saskia Esken defended Scholz's policy, stating that reading his entire interview reveals a holistic approach to migration within the Ampel coalition's policy, and emphasized that the problem lies not in migration but in the significant inequality in the country.
Source: www.dpa.com
