The Swiss Federal Office of Police imposed a temporary entry ban on Sellner on October 11th out of concern for public safety.
The police in the canton of Thurgau confirmed that a 35-year-old person had been stopped and taken away for further investigation. At the police station, she was “banned from entering the country,” as a police spokesman said when asked. The person was then accompanied to the Swiss border and left Switzerland again. The police spokesman did not want to say where the border crossing took place.
The authorities were aware of a possible planned event by the right-wing extremist Swiss group “Junge Tat” with Sellner in the Konstanz-Kreuzlingen area and were prepared accordingly, said the spokesman.
Entry ban in Germany initially postponed
An entry ban was also imposed on Sellner in Germany. However, implementation was initially postponed following his court complaint.
Sellner was the head of the right-wing extremist Identitarian movement in Austria. He recently visited German cities to read from his book “Remigration”. When right-wing extremists use the term “remigration,” they usually mean that large numbers of people of foreign origin should leave the country – even under duress.
Authorities usually try to stop these events, sometimes with success. In August, the police stopped a reading in newcomers in Baden-Württemberg and banned Sellner from staying there. This served to prevent crimes, according to a statement from the Pforzheim police headquarters at the time.
