Councillor Merz discusses migration challenges in Germany (Part 3)

Councillor Merz has said he understands the concerns of ordinary Germans in terms of the high numbers of migrants that have been allowed into the country. And he's going to take a tougher line. Right, But I was talking to one campaigner, Andrei Pivovarov. Our decision is to go to countries not in the European Union. Now he's part of the exiled anti war committee. It's a kind of collection of Russian politicians in exile who oppose the war in Ukraine. And he told me that they've actually changed their advice to dissidents and people trying to flee Russia. It's now risky. We understand that the mentality and political situation in European Union changed. So in this case, don't go to the eu. They say it's no longer safe. So that position has changed for you. Yes. Okay. So if that's the situation in the European Union and the United States, you're not guaranteed asylum as a Russian fleeing Russia. The recruitment situation in Russia itself is only going to get worse. The evidence suggests the Russian military is struggling to find enough soldiers to fight in Ukraine. There have been rumors of a general mobilization which Vladimir Putin was. Was forced to deny back in September. He said it's complete nonsense. It's an information attack on Russia. But. But what if such a mobilization did happen? Would there be a new wave of departures? And where could they actually go? There would absolutely be a new wave, a huge new wave of mobilization, almost certainly larger than the Last1 in September 2022, as you said, when hundreds of thousands of Russians left the country. One organization I was speaking to called Arkansas, they help Russians trying to flee the country, including deserters from the army. They told me that in August they had 10 times as many requests for help from Russians trying to flee than just a few months before. Is that because of an anticipation that there might be a larger mobilization? Exactly. You know, as you were saying, things aren't going well for Russia on the battlefield. Losses are high. And as a result of that, there have been all sorts of rumors, as you say, denied by the Kremlin, that, that President Putin could announce a new wave of mobilization. Okay. Well, the situation between the United States and Russia is evolving pretty fast right now. Last week, Steve Witkoff discussion.