Germany May Tighten
Rules Allowing Failed Asylum Seekers to Stay, Breitbart London, 10/12/16
BERLIN (Reuters) – New draft
legislation would make it harder for some migrants who have been denied asylum
in Germany to obtain waivers to stay in the country, the German newspaper Die
Welt said on Wednesday.
It said new legislation drafted by Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere and
being circulated among other ministries would establish new rules for deporting
migrants who had broken German law and who posed significant danger.
De Maiziere and other conservative government officials began urging faster
repatriation of those whose asylum applications have been denied after a spate
of violent attacks in Germany in July, two of which were carried out by Syrian
refugees linked to the Islamic State militant group.
Police on Monday arrested a 22-year-old Syrian man who had been granted
temporary asylum in June 2015 and said he was ready to carry out attacks
similar to those in Brussels and Paris. Intelligence sources on Tuesday said
the man had ties to Islamic State.
The incident has fueled criticism of Chancellor Angela Merkel, and de
Maiziere, whose conservative Christian Democrats have lost support to the
far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party over the government’s open-door
refugee policy.
Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann, a member of the CDU’s Bavarian
sister party, and other top officials in that party, have called for a review
of all migrants who were granted asylum after last year’s influx of nearly a
million people.
As of Aug. 31 there were 210,0209 migrants in Germany who were required to
leave, of whom 158,190 had been granted waivers of some kind that allowed them
to stay temporarily, Die Welt said, citing the draft legislation.
“If deportation is not possible because the foreigner has, for example,
misled authorities about identity or nationality, or is not cooperating with
efforts to secure a replacement passport, then he will no longer receive
exceptional leave to stay,” the legislative draft said.
The refusal of the country of origin to issue replacement papers would also
no longer be a reason for granting waivers, the paper said.
In addition, the legislation would require authorities to notify migrants
only 30 days before their scheduled deportation, so as to minimize the
opportunity for them to go underground to avoid leaving the country.
The draft law would also increase the time that those who refused to leave
the country could be held in custody to two weeks from four days currently.
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/10/12/germany-may-tighten-rules-allowing-failed-asylum-seekers-stay/
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