RTVS: Commentary on the migration problematic

Our Christian Kvorning Lassen, in an interview for RTVS, commented on the situation connected with the migration crisis. According to Christian, immigrants should accept our Christian values, but we should not forget the other side of the coin: with the rise in the number of migrants, we are witnessing a tremendous increase in crime by far-right groups.

Christian Kvorning Lassen on the migration problematic connected to the ongoing migration crisis.

Obviously, immigrants should accept that Christians live in Europe, there is no doubt. On the other hand, I have to mention other statistics from the criminal office too. Last year there were 23,000 attacs by right-wing radicals. More than nine hundred times they attacked the facility for asylum seekers.

1313 attacks ended in bodily harm, and eighteen times members of the extreme right-wing groups attempted murder. So it must be said that immigrants should accept our Christian values, but we should also look at the other side of the coin. With the rise in the number of migrants, we are seeing huge increases in crime by radical right-wing groups too.

 The whole interview (in Slovak) is available here between [19:40-20:29].

Christian Kvorning Lassen
Deputy Director & Head of Research

Expertise: Migration/European migration crisis, EU foreign policy, Scandinavian politics, populism, EU enlargement policy