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by DarkKomunalec 3213 days ago
Not in Germany, but pretty salient: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/geert-wilders-...

Literally illegal to call for less immigration.

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Literally illegal to call for less immigration.

Not at all.

In that specific hate-inciting speech Geert Wilders was calling for fewer Moroccans. And this is primarily directed towards Dutch people with a Moroccan background who've already live in the Netherlands for decades or are second-generation immigrants. There is virtually no immigration from Morocco, in 2015 approximately 1% of the immigrants arriving in The Netherlands was Moroccan [1].

[1] https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/publicatie/2016/47/jaarrapport-inte...

So as long as the immigration was in the past, you're not allowed to criticize it?
Criticising past immigration is something different than inciting an audience to chant to reduce the number of Dutch citizens with a specific background.

Most political parties in The Netherlands have talked about the problems of immigration and integration in The Netherlands at least since Pim Fortuyn 15 years ago. Some parties longer (e.g. Frits Bolkenstein of the VVD, who Geert Wilders worked for). So, it is by no means illegal to talk about current or past immigration policies.