Asylum law reform: Federal Government wants to determine safe countries of origin!

Asylum law reform: Federal Government wants to determine safe countries of origin!

Deutschland - The federal government plans a fundamental tightening of asylum law. This was determined in a draft law by Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), who aims to facilitate the classification of so -called safe countries of origin. However, the bill must still receive the approval of the Bundestag and the Federal Council. A central point of the suggestions is that safe countries of origin can be determined in the future without the consent of the federal states. This could have a significant impact on the asylum process in Germany, especially with regard to the rights of applicants.

The current coalition agreement between the Union and the SPD stipulates that the list of safe countries of origin, at the beginning with Algeria, India, Morocco and Tunisia. These states should be classified as safe in the future, provided that there is no threat of persecution or violence. In the past, the classification of these states had failed at the Federal Council. The step is described by the government as part of a package for the "asylum seeker", which also includes measures such as the suspension of the family reunification for refugees without asylum status and the termination of turbo naturalization.

reactions from politics and society

The reactions to the bill are mixed. While SPD parliamentary managing director Dirk Wiese defends the Federal Government's approach, opposition politicians and refugee organizations express sharp criticism. Green politician Filiz Polat emphasizes that the participation of the constitutional organs is essential to guarantee a well-founded asylum policy. Organizations such as pro asylum describe the project as undemocratic and constitutionally questionable. Lawyers also warn of unnecessary and complex differentiation in the asylum applications.

historical context of asylum law in Germany

In order to be able to appropriately classify the current bill, a look at the history of asylum law in Germany is required. After the Second World War, asylum law was anchored in the constitution in 1949 to mark a break with the National Socialist past. Initially, the sentence "politically persecuted enjoyment of asylum law" was without restrictions. But in the 1990s there was a fundamental reform of asylum law, which was shaped by the so -called "asylum compromise". This led to the introduction of concepts such as "safe third countries" and "safe countries of origin", which designed the asylum process considerably restrictively.

In the past few decades, the number of asylum applications in Germany has changed significantly, depending on the political and social conditions worldwide. The discussion about asylum abuse and xenophobic attacks repeatedly leads to new measures to regulate immigration. The impending changes in asylum law could fuel these debates again and significantly influence the direction of German refugee policy.

Overall, the impending changes in the law to assess safe countries of origin are in the area of ​​tension between humanitarian considerations and political interests, which underlines the challenge for an integrative refugee policy in Germany.

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