After meeting in Potsdam
Report: Martin Sellner faces deportation if he enters the country
January 27, 2024, 10:02 p.m
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The deportation ideas of the Austrian Martin Sellner are known to the public after the revelations surrounding the right-wing secret meeting in Potsdam. According to a report, the German security authorities are drawing conclusions from this – and are searching for the right-wing extremist.
The Austrian right-wing extremist Martin Sellner could apparently be deported if he enters Germany again. That’s what he reports “Mirror” citing security circles. Accordingly, the federal police put Sellner undercover as a wanted man this week.
According to the report, if Sellner advises a border control, the police could refuse to allow him to continue his journey. The basis for this is a danger forecast from the police. At the same time, the city of Potsdam is also planning to impose a formal entry ban against Sellner. According to media reports, corresponding steps are currently being examined.
The reason for this is research by the Correctiv network. Accordingly, AfD politicians, members of the right-wing conservative Values Union, right-wing extremists and entrepreneurs met in November 2023 in a hotel near Potsdam to discuss the expulsion of millions of people with an immigrant background from Germany. Sellner, a long-time spokesman for Austria’s right-wing extremist “Identitarian Movement”, presented a plan for such a mass expulsion, euphemistically called “remigration”.
Barriers to entry bans are high
Sellner wrote on Telegram that he wanted to take legal action against an entry ban into Germany. “I’m not canceling my upcoming appointments in Germany because of this,” said the 35-year-old. The law provides for restricting the freedom of movement of EU citizens if public order, security or health is threatened. However, the hurdles for this are relatively high.
The Bundestag Interior Committee had already announced on Tuesday that the German security authorities were considering an entry ban against Sellner. “In our robust democracy, we should generally not tolerate any agitation against our constitutional order – especially not from foreign extremists like Martin Sellner,” said committee member Philipp Amthor. “In this respect, I believe it is right and necessary for the security authorities to seriously examine an entry ban against Martin Sellner.”
Amthor, however, believes that “special legal care” is required during the examination so that Sellner cannot portray himself as a victim. The CDU politician said that the assessment of whether the necessary hurdles for an entry ban have been reached is not the responsibility of the political discussion in parliament, but of a factual discussion within the security authorities.