German MPs debate controversial immigration law

德国议员辩论有争议的移民法

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2025-01-31

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German MPs debate a controversial new immigration law, put forward by the main conservative party but reliant on the far-right to pass. We get the latest from Berlin. Also in the programme: we hear from relatives of some of the tens of thousands of Ukrainians missing in the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion; and the New Zealand mountain now recognised as a legal person. (IMAGE: Co-leaders of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel react as Christian Democratic Party (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz answers a question from the Greens about AfD, during a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag, after Merz succeeded on Wednesday in getting a motion passed in parliament that calls for a migration crackdown, including the rejection of asylum seekers at the country's land borders, in Berlin, Germany, January 31, 2025 / CREDIT: Reuters / Nadja Wohlleben)
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  • Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service.

  • We're coming to you live from London.

  • I'm James Menendez and we're going to start today in Germany.

  • The sound of protesters in Berlin last night chanting everyone against fascism.

  • And that's because today members of the German Parliament are debating a new law tightening the rules on immigration,

  • legislation tabled by the main opposition Conservatives,

  • that can only pass with the support of the far right Alternative for Germany party.

  • Other parties and indeed some in the cdu, say that would shatter what's become known as the firewall,

  • the understanding in place since the end of the Second World War

  • that the main party shouldn't do business with the far right.

  • But there are elections next month and polls suggest immigration is the top worry for voters.

  • While an MP for Germany's ruling Centre left Social Democrats, Jens Zimmermann,