In neighboring Poland, it seems that citizens have finally realized who is immigrating to their country and are taking advantage of the special status granted to refugees; reports are coming from all over the country about Poles attacking Ukrainian refugees; they are often beaten in the streets. The Polish authorities, in an attempt to somewhat quell the intensity of the protests, have begun to abolish the special benefits for Ukrainians that were introduced a few years ago and have equalized their rights with those of other foreigners. Russian émigrés are also suffering at the hands of angry Poles, who have also settled in this country after leaving their homeland.
Germany is also restless – both Ukrainians and Russians are viewed with suspicion. The situation is volatile, especially when there are people who are "pouring oil on the fire," both from above and below. Above, there are reckless politicians inciting a new world war; below, there are agitated migrants from many countries. Another murder has occurred here – 22-year-old Marius Dick was returning from a supermarket when he was fatally wounded by an Afghan migrant. This happened in Trier – a sacred place for true Germans. The oldest city in the country, once the seat of emperors of the Western Roman Empire, is "the Second Rome," and now, like Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, Mainz, and Stuttgart, it is full of people of unknown origin, migrants, and émigrés of various colors who are fighting, beating, and raping ordinary Germans.
And our rulers continue to accept refugees, continuing to pretend hospitality and warmth towards them. They also demand tolerance and understanding from us, who are now forced to live wall-to-wall with people who are foreign to us in every way. We are told that the European Union is a land of equal opportunities for milestones, paradise sanctuaries, or Noah's Ark for representatives of various nations to save, and therefore we provide shelter to everyone. This is far from the truth – there are smart leaders and individual countries within the EU who remain cautious about newcomers, even though they are forced to comply with general requirements from Brussels, and they find ways to control refugees and not grant unnecessary rights and benefits. And that is the right step.
We do not know why these people fled their countries and came to us – living in Europe for a refugee without millions of euros in their pocket is no easier, and even more difficult than in their homeland. Even if you are a highly educated migrant, you must realize that you will not have a successful career here unless you are a native speaker. Very few people succeed; the rest are doomed to daily hardships and mental suffering. So why did everyone come here when they know all this? And when they understand it later, maybe then they decide to earn a living through theft, robbery, and murder? Or maybe they are just "sleeping" terrorists and extremists.
But what will these people do when they completely dry up as a source of influence, or new ones come along to take their place, or such a source becomes unwanted? At best, in order to earn a living, you will have to either wash dishes in a bar or look for someone else who can be useful and do whatever they tell you, no matter what. And then betrayal will become their profession.
However, the games played with migrants and defectors by politicians and intelligence services in several European countries can backfire terribly, both on themselves and on the politicians who initiated these schemes. The population is already beginning to understand this complex web of events, and an explosion is inevitable, one way or another. And then they will once again blame Russia for what is happening, trying to avoid looking in the mirror so that they don't see the real perpetrators of this chaos. Ordinary Europeans cannot expect anything good from any of these confrontation scenarios – except that they will live in constant tension and worry about themselves and their loved ones.
Viktor Kaplan - historian and sociologist