De-escalation with violent migrants: German Railway operator gives employees the freedom to ignore foreigners without ticket
Erfurt - The South Thuringian Railway has given its train attendants the freedom to check the tickets of foreign passengers. "In difficult situations, our employees can decide for themselves how to proceed in order to de-escalate," a railway spokeswoman told the Thüringer Allgemeine. The background to this is a letter from a married couple to the newspaper. According to the letter, a train attendant only checked the tickets of German passengers.
The railway spokeswoman rejected the couple's account. Rather, the train attendant had already walked through the train several times. The foreigners' tickets had therefore probably already been checked when the couple boarded. However, the train attendants were also free not to check tickets in order to "de-escalate" the situation.
Works council warns against “people with a migration background”
Recently, the South Thuringian Railway made headlines with an open letter from the works council to Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (Left Party). The letter complained about extreme violence by passengers on the trains. The employees felt let down by politicians. The letter states that the perpetrators were "people with a migration background" who mainly came from the initial reception center for refugees in Suhl.
In the letter, the works council apologizes for not expressing itself in accordance with "modern 'political correctness'." Although they know that "it can happen all too often and above all reflexively to be pushed into a certain political corner and labeled as 'xenophobic' or even right-wing extremist," they have to speak "plainly."
Route resembles a “battlefield”
According to the report, "scenes that could have come from a civil war zone" regularly occur on the Erfurt-Suhl-Meiningen route. Elsewhere, the "passenger compartment battlefield" is mentioned. During ticket checks, the mostly female employees on the trains are subjected to sexist threats, attacks and spat on. Punches and kicks are the order of the day. The predominantly male train drivers are also victims of these attacks. Due to the threats, fare dodging must be "helplessly" tolerated.
They are not talking about "exceptions or the notorious individual cases". Rather, it is about "almost everyday incidents". In addition, the "members of this group of people" would pull the emergency brakes on open tracks. A "young, petite train driver" was forced to carry out technical measures in the "battlefield passenger compartment". She had to continue the journey to Suhl station in "mortal fear" and in a "railcar heavily contaminated with human blood".
In wild flight across the tracks
Another colleague came to the aid of two girls who were being harassed by the migrants. She was then threatened so much that she could only escape the physical violence by "wildly fleeing" across the tracks. There were also real "hunting scenes by the aforementioned group of people" with other female passengers.
The list could go on and on, the four-page letter says. Even using a security service and calling the police would not help. The perpetrators have no respect for these professions either. Even if they were taken away, they would soon be back on the train trying to force their way to Suhl without a ticket.
In the letter, the works council asks the Prime Minister: "How can you expect the citizens of this country to be open to the refugee policy being practiced when they have to witness such violence, brutality and absolute mockery and contempt for our laws and society, including their so-called 'values', practically every day - and not just on public transport?"
Asylum migrants are taught train rules
As a result, the Thuringian Ministry of Infrastructure, in consultation with the South Thuringian Railway and the Federal Police, decided to invest an additional 336,000 euros in security by the end of the year, reports the Thüringer Allgemeine. In August, a positive interim assessment was made. It had become safer.
In addition to the security measures, asylum seekers in the initial reception center are also being taught the rules of train travel. A new assessment of the security situation is to be carried out at the end of the year. Depending on this, funding could be extended.
Source: Junge Freiheit
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