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THE WILLKOMMEN IS TURNING FROSTY EVEN IN GERMANY’S INTEGRATION CAPITAL




ALMOST TEN YEARS AFTER ANGELA MERKEL OPENED THE BORDERS TENSIONS ARE VISIBLE IN
OFFENBACH, THE CITY WITH THE HIGHEST PROPORTION OF MIGRANTS

Angela Merkel threw open the borders to more than a million immigrants in 2015
but the rise in popularity of the anti-migration Alternative for Germany at the
polls has forced her successor Olaf Scholz to abandon the policy
Peter Conradi, Offenbach

Sunday September 15 2024, 12.01am, The Sunday Times

Mo Douzi is a poster boy for multiculturalism in Germany’s most multicultural
city. With his bright red designer wear and diamond implants in his teeth, the
rapper certainly looks the part. But the former nightclub bouncer also has a
positive message for his fans, who can be found way beyond his home in
Offenbach.

“I rap about how you must never give up when life is tough, how you should
always try and achieve your goals,” said Douzi, 40, who was born in the city to
Moroccan-origin parents, as he sipped a cortado in a local café. “But also about
women and money, cars and diamonds.”

Offenbach, a city of 144,000 that borders Frankfurt on the left bank of the
River Main, has plenty of

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