Automobile onslaught occurs when migration at the forefront of German elections

Given the profile of the man accused in the alleged attack of cars onslaught in Munich, the incident will undoubtedly have an impact on the parliamentary elections of Germany in ten days.

Farhad N, 24, arrived in Germany in 2016 from Afghanistan to search asylum, who was rejected, but gave him temporary permission to stay in Germany.

For weeks, the next election of Germany, presented by the collapse of the coalition government of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, has been involved in a feverish debate about migration.

Several violent incidents linked to migrants during the past year have led to greater support for the extreme right -wing party of AFD.

After a car Interpreted in a Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg Kill six people and wounding at least 299 in December. The suspect was a 50 -year -old Saudi asylum seeker who had been an open critic of Islam.

AFD leaders celebrated political manifestations there, blaming the government’s migration policy for the attack.

Initially, conventional politicians asked for calm.

But mood changed later Another attack in the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg In January, in which a 28 -year -old Afghano search engine stabbed a group of young children in a park. A two -year -old boy and a passer -by who tried to help died.

The brutality of the attack shocked the country and conventional politicians, particularly conservatives, suddenly changed the tactics.

In the televised duel between Scholz, of the Social Democratic Party of Center-Left (SPD), and its rival conservative Friedrich Merz aimed at the Christian Democrats of the right party (CDU), the first 30 minutes were dedicated exclusively to the issue of migration .

They were criticized later by linking only migration with crime. Both politicians were a remarkably hard line in their rhetoric, effectively discussing who was the most difficult to stop irregular migration.

The two have taken tougher lines in migration after a series of attacks that involve suspects of asylum seekers.

Both believe that only when speaking hard with the borders, they can undermine support for the extreme right AFD that is surveying in second place and has made immigration its signature problem.

The favorite Friedrich Merz wants to close Germany’s borders to all asylum seekers.

Critics say that this undermines EU’s law, contravenes the German Constitution and would be logistically impossible to monitor.

Others are concerned that anti-migrant rhetoric legitimizes ideas of the extreme right, increases support for AFD and stigmatize people with non-German inheritance.

Either way, AFD is still strong, surveying more than 20%.

The suffering of those who have been injured, and their families, of course, will mainly occupy the thoughts of many people today.

However, it is also the case that migration and public security is now even more likely that the last week of the electoral campaign of Germany dominates.