The German federal government wants to speed up the deportation of rejected asylum seekers without residency rights. According to government sources, the Federal Cabinet today approved a corresponding package of measures presented by the Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser (SPD). It is planned, for example, to extend the maximum duration of detention upon departure from the current ten to 28 days.
The objective is to prevent those who will be deported from hiding before being repatriated. Police and authorities should have more enforcement rights in the deportation process. Both Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Faeser stressed that deportations had to be accelerated. The measures are part of a migration package that was agreed within the coalition. It also includes faster job opportunities for refugees.
Criticism of the plans – also internally
The Ministry of the Interior estimates the number of people needed to leave the country at around 50,000. The SPD politician highlighted that the number of deportations this year was around 27 percent higher than the same period last year. There is occasional criticism of the tightening of the law by the SPD and the Greens.
The countries responsible for deportations and the opposition complain that returns will only be possible if the countries of origin also accept that people are taken back. But this is not always the case. That’s why the federal government’s special representative, Joachim Stamp, has been negotiating these agreements for months.