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[Antiochus]

One remembers last year many on this forum were saying the German govt would have concrete ways of accurately ferreting out and recording the truth on whether one is an refugee or not, and then take the appropriate action.

It appears that trust is highly misplaced based on this recent news:

http://www.dw.com/en/german-intelli...judgment-on-islamic-state-strategy/a-19176809

Around 70 percent of refugees entering Germany do not have a valid passport and are registered based on the information they provide.
"I am concerned that we (the BfV) and our partner agencies may, in fact, have information about dangerous individuals saved in our databases. However, we might fail to notice that they are here because they enter with false identities.
When it comes to "IS," there was still much to learn, he said.

Also, we are told repeated last year that failure to admit refugees and leaving them in their camps at Turkey would ostensibly open them to radicalization, and yet....

"IS" isn't just using the refugee crisis to enter the country: radical Islamists in Germany are also actively trying to win over newly arrived refugees. Maassen said the BfV was aware of around 300 attempts from conservative Salafists and other Islamists to recruit refugees.
"I'm particularly concerned about the many unaccompanied minors - this group is being deliberately targeted," Maassen said in the interview, adding that he saw a "huge radicalization potential" in these attempts to recruit people.
There have also been several cases where Germans returning from Syria were connected to uncovered attack plans. He said that the danger of German jihadists remains "virulent."
When asked how many Islamists in Germany were considered to be highly dangerous, he said there were around 1,100 people who were viewed as possible terrorism risks.

One wonders what German forum members are now thinking about these new revelations

 

[Mailenstein]

Doesn't surprise me one bit.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

One wonders what German forum members are now thinking about these new revelations

There is an OT for that, you can just ask. Deutschgaf |OT2|

That's not a new phenomenon though, even years ago when I was working as a paramedic refugees already gave out wrong IDs, not even particularly smartly. One dude we were treating gave us a card registered to a 17 year old, technically we would have needed to bring him to a pediatric clinic based on that.

Salafists have been active for years as well, so the only surprising bit should be the quantity that is unprecedented.