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Free State at risk of ‘refugee crisis’
AMSTOV - The power vacuum in Kadikistan and emerging conflict in Novo Srbja risk creating a ‘twin refugee crisis’ that will overwhelm the Free State, the government has been warned, with the Border Guard reporting hundreds attempting to enter illegally daily.
Both the Homeland Union and People's Party are calling on the Social Democratic administration to lay out its response to the growing problem. Speaking in a National Assembly debate, leader of the People's Party Yitzhak Epstein said the sudden influx of people was in danger of creating an “intolerable financial strain” and urged the international community to lend assistance to the Free State. “We are not the wealthiest of nations,” Epstein added, “and there is a practical limit to our generosity.”
Moisei Carlebach, head of the Homeland Union, claimed the “very essence and character” of the Free State was under threat, unless the government takes action now. “We will be overrun by Slavs,” Carlebach cautioned, to boos and hisses from his fellow assembly members, “and history has shown they will not be kind to us.”
Chancellor Alexander Kahemann accused Carlebach and the Homeland Union of “fear-mongering of the worst kind” and “crude divisionism”. Emergency funds from the Treasury were being used to set up special humanitarian zones in the border regions, Kahnemann said, and the government were working closely with international and domestic charities to co-ordinate a common response.
Thousands of Kadikistanis are currently residing in makeshift camps along the border after the unexpected death of Marshal Nikolai Leninov led to a bloody palace coup, with fighting still ongoing in parts of the country. Leninov was allegedly murdered by a member of his inner circle, as part of a plot to change Kadikistan's economic and foreign policy.
With tensions rising in Novo Srbja, many fear a repeat of the years-long civil war that only ended a decade ago. Dragan Milutinovic, governor of Novosad province, has threatened to secede unless his political demands are met. The threats come just days after the killing of Prime Minister Stojanovic in a car bomb attack in the capital Banja Luka.
The Free State welcomed Jews fleeing the first wave of bloodshed in Novo Srbja with open arms, setting up a dedicated resettlement programme to help them integrate. Critics have since described the initiative as a failure, with most of those who arrived from Novo Srbja still living in poverty.
A return to civil war could see many more flee to the Free State, including non-Jews. The government at the time of the Civil War, a coalition between the Homeland Union and People's Party, was condemned at the time for refusing to offer permanent residence to non-Jewish refugees, and sending the majority back once hostilities had finished.
Free State at risk of ‘refugee crisis’
AMSTOV - The power vacuum in Kadikistan and emerging conflict in Novo Srbja risk creating a ‘twin refugee crisis’ that will overwhelm the Free State, the government has been warned, with the Border Guard reporting hundreds attempting to enter illegally daily.
Both the Homeland Union and People's Party are calling on the Social Democratic administration to lay out its response to the growing problem. Speaking in a National Assembly debate, leader of the People's Party Yitzhak Epstein said the sudden influx of people was in danger of creating an “intolerable financial strain” and urged the international community to lend assistance to the Free State. “We are not the wealthiest of nations,” Epstein added, “and there is a practical limit to our generosity.”
Moisei Carlebach, head of the Homeland Union, claimed the “very essence and character” of the Free State was under threat, unless the government takes action now. “We will be overrun by Slavs,” Carlebach cautioned, to boos and hisses from his fellow assembly members, “and history has shown they will not be kind to us.”
Chancellor Alexander Kahemann accused Carlebach and the Homeland Union of “fear-mongering of the worst kind” and “crude divisionism”. Emergency funds from the Treasury were being used to set up special humanitarian zones in the border regions, Kahnemann said, and the government were working closely with international and domestic charities to co-ordinate a common response.
Thousands of Kadikistanis are currently residing in makeshift camps along the border after the unexpected death of Marshal Nikolai Leninov led to a bloody palace coup, with fighting still ongoing in parts of the country. Leninov was allegedly murdered by a member of his inner circle, as part of a plot to change Kadikistan's economic and foreign policy.
With tensions rising in Novo Srbja, many fear a repeat of the years-long civil war that only ended a decade ago. Dragan Milutinovic, governor of Novosad province, has threatened to secede unless his political demands are met. The threats come just days after the killing of Prime Minister Stojanovic in a car bomb attack in the capital Banja Luka.
The Free State welcomed Jews fleeing the first wave of bloodshed in Novo Srbja with open arms, setting up a dedicated resettlement programme to help them integrate. Critics have since described the initiative as a failure, with most of those who arrived from Novo Srbja still living in poverty.
A return to civil war could see many more flee to the Free State, including non-Jews. The government at the time of the Civil War, a coalition between the Homeland Union and People's Party, was condemned at the time for refusing to offer permanent residence to non-Jewish refugees, and sending the majority back once hostilities had finished.
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