Support La Croix International and high-quality journalism. Enjoy unlimited access to La Croix International. The representatives of the Evangelical and Catholic Churches in Germany jointly wrote to members of parliament to express their concerns as a draft law proposing several measures to tighten migration policy is under discussion in parliament.
Christian Churches are "deeply troubled" by the legislative motion calling for stricter immigration policies, which the German Parliament voted on January In a joint letter addressed to all members of parliament and published on the eve of the vote, the Catholic Church and the Protestant Church made their stance clear.
The ongoing debates are likely to "defame all migrants living in Germany, fuel prejudices, and, in our opinion, do not contribute to solving the real issues at hand. The country has been shaken by two recent deadly attacks involving foreigners. The first, attributed to a Saudi national, resulted in the deaths of six people and injured others on December 20, , at the Christmas market in Magdeburg.
The second was carried out by an Afghan on January 22, leaving two dead and three injured during a school outing in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria. The letter to lawmakers is accompanied by a highly technical document that meticulously reviews current legal provisions and examines the proposed changes in detail.
The two largest churches in the country "emphasize that, based on current knowledge, the proposed legal amendments would not have prevented any of the attacks.
