One is missing: 100 people demonstrate against deportation in Landau!

One is missing: 100 people demonstrate against deportation in Landau!

The news of the deportation of a family from Landau caused a stir last week. After staying in Germany for more than two years, they were sent back to Egypt. The younger brother, who is in the 6th grade at the Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium (OHG), is particularly affected. His classmate Anthony and his family then organized a demonstration with the slogan “One is missing” to protest against this measure. How rheinpfalz.de reported that, according to the public order office, around 100 people gathered on Landau's town hall square on Friday, although only around 40 had registered in advance to take part.

The students in class 9c expressed their displeasure about the deportation, which they perceived as unfair. The family was well integrated and committed; the children were willing to learn and the parents tried to find work and integration. But the asylum procedure was legally rejected after all legal remedies had been exhausted. Their deportation is not an isolated case, but part of a larger problem that shapes the debate about migration and integration in Germany.

The connection between migration and integration

For many, the right to asylum is increasingly in danger. Debates about limiting refugee migration and calls for a change to the Basic Law that could restrict the individual right to asylum are increasing. Current developments show that Germany is surrounded by safe third countries, which practically excludes access to asylum when entering the country by land. This means that integrating people who already live here is often viewed as more difficult than regulating future immigration. This is done by Deutschlandfunk culture highlighted that the educational facilities for children and young people are not sufficiently adapted to the needs of migrants.

A stronger focus must be on integration services rather than on deportations, which are often presented as a solution but do not address the problems that lead to flight and migration. The journalist Sabine Kebir also calls for better psychiatric care for traumatized people from crisis areas. In the current political climate, discussions about migration and the challenges associated with it are often characterized by racism and discriminatory views, as well as on rosalux.de is emphasized.

Committed voices in civil society

With their petition on change.org for the deportation of well-integrated asylum seekers and their Instagram account Klasse_9c_gegen_Abschiebung, the students from Landau show that there are also committed voices in civil society who are committed to humane treatment of migrants. Such initiatives are important to point out the human fates behind political decisions.

At a time when the lack of resources is pressing on the housing market and general infrastructure, it is clear that a solution to the integration of migrants requires more than a simple “deportation”. It is time to raise the discussions about migration and integration to a constructive level - for people who live in Germany or want to be integrated into their communities.