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Does the BAMF employ an Islamist?
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There is a specific suspicion that an Islamist works for the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, all employees of the authority are subject to a security check.
IA suspected Islamist is employed by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). In response from the Federal Ministry of the Interior to a request from the left-wing parliamentary group, it says: “The Federal Government is aware of a specific suspicious case in the field of Islamism and Islamist terrorism.” However, since the case has yet to be closed, no further details have been released.
The government response, which is available to the German Press Agency, does not contain specific information on possible attempts by foreign intelligence services to place informants in the BAMF as translators to gather information on the opposition in exile. The Interior Ministry only announced that all employees of the agency would be subjected to a security check.
According to the information, the BAMF had resigned a former NPD member who was noticed by an anonymous notice in 2017. In the past, he had displayed “anti-foreign and hostile asylum sentiment” through statements on social media and posted derogatory statements about Jewish victims of National Socialism. During his brief activity for the authority, the employee was involved in quality control and assurance of professional language courses and did not make any asylum decisions, he said.
When asked if a second employee who has since resigned and has connections to the right-wing extremist “Hammerskins” could have made a decision at the expense of the asylum seekers, the government responded that it had only coordinated so-called transfers from Dublin to others. EU countries.
At the BAMF there is “a culture of mistrust towards those seeking protection, which is also based on racist resentment and, therefore, is compatible with the ideas of the right,” commented the internal political spokesperson for the left-wing parliamentary group, Ulla. Jelpke. It is no less dangerous for refugees if, for example, they flee from the Islamic State terrorist militia and then face a radical Islamist in the Federal Office who could “pass the personal data of those seeking protection to their accomplices.”
