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A suspected extremist Islamist was discovered at the German Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum (BAMF).
According to a statement by the Interior Ministry compiled on a written question from the far-left faction Left Linke, “a specific case of Islamism and Islamist terrorism is known” at BAMF, and this case is in the suspicion phase of the investigation.
The faction also asked if there was an effort by foreign intelligence services to recruit informants who worked as interpreters in the asylum office to monitor migrant opposition figures. The ministry only said that the office’s national security control, which employs more than 8,000 people, is part of the hiring process.
The Interior Ministry’s compilation includes, among other things, the dismissal of a BAMF employee who, according to the Constitutional Court, was a member of the German National Democratic Party (NPD), representing an ideology related to National Socialism, and made comments anti-foreigners and anti-Semites on community portals.
In addition to the BAMF, other German state institutions may also expose extremists or informants working for foreign intelligence services. In June this year, for example, the Ministry of Defense announced the reorganization of the Army’s Special Deployment Unit (Bundeswehr) (Kommando Spezialkräfte – KSK) due to far-right changes, and in July the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic announced that intelligence against Germany a member of the Information Service (BPA) who, according to press reports, may have been spying on Egypt.
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