Far right using coronavirus outbreak to serve its agenda in Europe

Shaimaa Hefzi

The coronavirus outbreak is giving rise to fears from a new wave of far right violence against refugees and migrants in Europe.

Some of this violence has already started surfacing in Germany and the UK.

The far right has used coronavirus fears in a village near the northern German port city of Hamburg in inciting attacks against foreigners.

A member of the far right sent a letter to a migrant and told him that the letter was infected with coronavirus.

He wrote in the letter that he had nothing to lose and that he wanted to hand over to his children a Germany free from foreign presence.

The letter came a short time after the German internal intelligence warned against plans by the far right to use the coronavirus outbreak in serving its own interests.

The head of the intelligence said the far right wanted to use the coronavirus crisis in undermining the German government, spreading conspiracy theories and stigmatizing foreign migrants.

In the UK, whose prime minister is a staunch opponent of migration, the Neo-Nazis want to use the coronavirus outbreak in perpetrating violent acts against migrants.

The FBI warned last month that the Neo-Nazis would encourage the spread of the coronavirus among Jews and the members of the police force.

The Neo-Nazis are also active in spreading hate against the migrants on social networking applications, such as Telegram.