migration
Pro Asyl: Legislative package for deportations is “actionism”
An initial reception center in Giessen. From there, around 3,500 people from different countries will be distributed to municipal facilities. photo
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Interior Minister Faeser wants to introduce a “comprehensive legislative package for more and faster returns”. Pro Asyl warns against the step – they fear “a brutalization of deportations”.
Faeser had previously announced that she would introduce a “comprehensive legislative package for more and faster returns” to the cabinet tomorrow. The SPD politician had already presented the plans in mid-October. According to the draft at the time, 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.
However, migration expert Gerald Knaus expects only a limited effect of the planned extension of immigration detention. “This has always been possible under EU law. It is a small reform that can help in some cases,” Knaus told the “Tagesspiegel”. To ensure that fewer people who do not need protection make their way to Europe in the future, the Federal Government also needs to establish migration partnerships with countries such as Iraq or Nigeria.
Pro Asyl also criticized the short deadline for comments on the draft law. “The associations only had 48 hours to comment,” Popp told the RND. “This is absurd with such a complex law.”