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20:, Germany, on 30 April 2018 led to clashes between the German police and migrants living there. A second raid was conducted on 3 May 2018, in which 12 people were injured. The case received national as well as international media attention, sparking the public debate about migrant integration and the deportation process.
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Three days later a second raid was conducted with hundreds of policemen to re-establish the rule of law. They arrested Yussif O. In addition, several persons suspected of drugs offences were arrested, and 17 residents were moved of the hostel, home to around 500 mostly
African asylum seekers, to
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Trommeln durch die Stadt ziehen, sehen nicht wie Schwerverbrecher aus. Auch mischen sich keine linksextremen Krawallmacher unter die Schar. Nur einige ergraute Aktivisten der Marxistisch-Leninistischen Partei (MLPD) stimmen „Hoch die internationale Solidarität!"
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are brought to this center for their registration, health checks and the start of an asylum procedure. They usually stay for some weeks in
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Mfouapon from Cameroon organized a demonstration against a police operation in May at the Landeserstaufnahmeeinrichtung (LEA) in Ellwangen (Ostalbkreis) together with other asylum seekers. He was then deported to Italy in
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Cameroonian, who co-organized the demonstration of asylum seekers, filed a lawsuit against the police operation from Italy, reports the SWR. The man named Alassa Mfouapon also has supporters in
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Ellwangen" (LEA) was established in April 2015 in some buildings of the Reinhardt-Kaserne in Ellwangen, a former military facility. Immigrants who arrive in the
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160:(CDU) stated: "In our constitutional state, there are clear red lines, which are now deliberately exceeded almost daily by asylum seekers." He demanded quicker deportations for criminal asylum seekers.
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Ellwangen held a small march to protest deportations, joined by "a few greying activists" from the
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Alassa Mfouapon, the co-organizer of the April 30th insurrection event, was deported to Italy, but returned to Germany a few months later and now lives in
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That which was reported last week, we are not," says Alassa. "We are not criminals.
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Nach Unruhe in Ellwangen: Flüchtling lebt jetzt in Karlsruhe
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427:"After unrest in Ellwangen: Refugee now lives in Karlsruhe"
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521:Abschiebung des Togoers nach Italien zulässig
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277:"Why was he allowed to enter Germany again?"
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890:Anwälte zeigen Alexander Dobrindt an
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545:Togolese Yussif O. ist abgeschoben
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105:Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany
425:David Falkner (4 January 2019).
166:(Greens), Minister President of
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836:"Why Alassa Mfouapon came back"
547:, Berliner Zeitung, 15 May 2018
926:Geflüchteter Togolese gefunden
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