What should happen to those Afghans who would have supported the Bundeswehr on the ground, the moderator wants to know: Can they come to Germany and apply for asylum here? After all, they would have to fear for their lives if the Taliban took power in the country. Kunduz-where the Bundeswehr was active for a long time-was taken by the Islamists this Sunday.
But Chrupalla does not want to concede this to the persecuted in the conversation he conducts on the sidelines of the ARD summer interview: These people could of course all apply for asylum, he says-“but before the entry takes place.«
However, Chrupalla is thus against applicable law. Article 16a of the Basic Law states. “Politically persecuted people enjoy the right of asylum.”Restrictions would only apply to people entering from another state of the European Union or a safe third country – which Afghanistan does not belong to.
But even when asked, Chrupalla does not want to deviate from his position. Moderator Matthias Deiß wants to know whether this also applies if there is a life – threatening situation-as it is for the helpers of the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan. Chrupalla’s answer: “Can anyone then come who comes with a life-threatening situation?”Asylum applications should be made abroad, that is also the premise of his party.
Against party exclusion proceedings for Helferich
In addition, Chrupalla rejected a party exclusion procedure against the NRW deputy Matthias Helferich, who was criticized for chat messages with Nazi references. He referred to a decision by the Federal Executive Board last Monday, according to which Helferich was removed from his office as deputy state chairman and placed on a suspension. This was decided unanimously with the vote of co-party leader Jörg Meuthen, so Chrupalla.
Helferich had described himself in a non-public Facebook chat in 2017 as “the friendly face of the NS”, as a screenshot published by WDR shows. The AfD politician from Dortmund mentioned in the chat therefore also contacts in the neo-Nazi scene of the city. He maintains his bourgeois image only for appearances. Helferich is a candidate for the AfD in the Bundestag with a good chance of entering parliament.
