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Legislative package for deportations in the cabinet on Wednesday
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wants to introduce a legislative package for “more and faster returns” to the cabinet. photo
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The Union is putting pressure on the government to make progress in limiting irregular migration. A cabinet decision is now pending on an important point.
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wants concrete measures this week to make it more effective initiate deportations. “I will bring our comprehensive legislative package for more and faster returns to the cabinet on Wednesday. Anyone who does not have the right to remain in Germany will have to leave our country again,” said Faeser to the “Rheinische Post”. The SPD politician had already presented the plans the week before last.
Faeser pointed out that the number of returns this year was already 27 percent higher than in the same period last year. “Nevertheless, we must provide regulations with which we can enforce our law more consistently and quickly.” The repatriation package provides for a bundle of restrictive measures. This also includes expelling and deporting criminals and dangerous offenders more consistently and quickly. At the same time, agreements will continue to be negotiated very intensively with the countries of origin so that they actually take their nationals back.
According to the draft published almost two weeks ago, which was still being voted on within the government at the time, the maximum duration of immigration detention should be extended from 10 to 28 days. This gave the authorities more time to prepare for a deportation. The expulsion of smugglers should also be made easier.
Scholz wants to “deport more and faster”
However, the police union (GdP) warns of personnel shortages due to the government plans. “If there are to be significantly more deportations, the federal and state police must make significantly more forces available than before. We are heading towards an unbelievable burden on the police when it comes to the mere design of the legislation,” said GdP federal chairman Jochen Kopelke. Rhenish Post”. More than 300 police officers were missing to implement the repatriation package.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview with “Spiegel”: “We finally have to deport on a large scale those who have no right to stay in Germany.” Anyone who cannot rely on reasons for protection and has no prospects of staying must leave. “We have to deport more and faster,” said the SPD politician. CDU leader Friedrich Merz said on the ZDF program “Berlin Direkt” when asked whether he saw this as a reversal of the trend: “That seems to be the case.” However, it remains to be seen whether Scholz also has approval for this within his own party. It is clear that the number of immigrants must decrease.
Chancellor must unite traffic light behind him
FDP parliamentary group leader Christian Dürr welcomed Scholz’s statements. “It is very important to the FDP to bring more order to migration and refugee policy,” he told “Welt”. “I am therefore grateful to the Chancellor for his clear words. Olaf Scholz is saying what the broad majority of Germans want and what his predecessor never had the strength for.”
SPD parliamentary group vice-president Dirk Wiese told the newspaper: “It is right that the Chancellor shows a clear stance.” However, Union parliamentary group vice-president Andrea Lindholz questioned whether Scholz can get his red-green-yellow coalition behind him. The developments so far have raised doubts as to whether the traffic light is serious about more deportations. “This requires the political will not only from the Chancellor, but also from all traffic light parties,” the CSU politician told “Welt”.