Thousands of German citizens emigrated to Paraguay in the past year, among other things, due to the restrictions ordered due to the pandemic and vaccinations, according to the BBC video report .
At the same time, the short film highlights: the treatment of the pandemic is not the only reason that triggered the new wave of emigration in Germany. Several of the newcomers said:
they left their country mostly because of Muslim immigrants.
The number of European immigrants in Paraguay has increased significantly in the last 12 months, after thousands of German citizens left their country and settled in the South American country, mostly in the hundred-year-old German colonies along the Paraná River, reports BBC Mundo in its video report.
According to Michael Schwartz, the first speaker of the short film, too many - difficult to put into words - problems have arisen in his country regarding Muslim immigrants and the handling of the pandemic, which is why he decided last November to emigrate to Paraguay. Schwartz, like most German immigrants in Paraguay, is anti-vaccination and has not been vaccinated against the coronavirus.
A mayor also speaks in the film, who said
although they welcome Europeans, many of them came to the country with worrying misconceptions about vaccination, which, however, worries the locals, as they have lost many relatives and acquaintances due to the pandemic in the last two years.
The anti-vaccination immigrants seem not to be aware that the legislation needs to be taken seriously in Paraguay as well, and in a given situation the restrictions may come back into effect here as well, said the village leader.
The Hausen family cited the shocking measures, various restrictions and closures ordered during the pandemic as one of the main reasons for their departure, but as the head of the family notes in the report: "this was just the last straw".
In addition to the pandemic, the Hausens and the other subjects of the film cited the large number of Muslim immigrants accepted in recent years and the problems that arose in connection with them as the reason for their emigration.
The BBC recalls that since 2015 alone, one and a half million migrants, mostly Muslims, have settled in Germany. Some of the German immigrants chose Paraguay because they feel at home in a Christian culture, and their new country is a "very Christian country" whose inhabitants are on the same wavelength. According to Hausen, this kind of peace of coexistence no longer exists in Germany, as migrants often behave "provocatively" with native Germans.
According to a speaker who helps German emigrants settle, German immigrant women in Paraguay reported that they were satisfied with the open harassment of women by Muslims in Germany, as well as the total disregard of German women, as well as violence against Muslim women, if they appear in the community with, for example, their faces uncovered. .
"It doesn't matter if your skin color is black, white, yellow or red, the only thing that matters is the heart, respect for all cultures"
- answered the subject of the report to the BBC reporter's suggestion that serious accusations of racism were made, which should be proven.
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