Billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday waded into German politics at a time of a heated debate on immigration across Europe, saying Berlin-funded migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean could be seen as an 'invasion' of Italy.
The foreign ministry's answer prompted the social media platform's boss to sharpen his criticism, writing in another post early Saturday:"Frankly, I doubt that a majority of the German public supports this.
The projects were"for the support on land in Italy of people rescued at sea and an NGO project for sea-rescue operations". In Germany too, new arrival numbers have risen sharply, prompting Berlin to announce Wednesday that it would step up policing of its borders with Poland and the Czech Republic, in a bid to stop people smugglers.Germany bans ‘cult-like, deeply racist’ far-right group, raids two dozen apartments over 12 states
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