For years, German politicians struggle for a new immigration law. On Wednesday to, finally, be a draft in the Cabinet decided, however, whether this goes through so really, is uncertain.
In one point everyone agrees: Germany needs a new immigration law. A, a faster, more transparent and fairer procedure for immigrants from Non-EU-countries – both for those who are already with the Duldung status in the country, as well as for those who are only planning to come to Germany.
The Problem: In this determination, the Agreement comes to an end. For about three months, a key issues paper of the Federal is Ministry of the interior, on the table – this Wednesday it will go through the Cabinet.
Controversial Issues Paper
The vertices of the beginning of October, after a hard struggle, presented paper: Rejected asylum seekers, who already have a work in Germany, should be given the opportunity to stay in Germany if they are to secure their own livelihood and well-integrated. Currently, the concerns according to the Federal office for Migration and refugees around 174.000 people in Germany. They should not be from a well-functioning employment relationship, and deported ripped.
It will also give you a chance to come for half a year to Germany for job search. And, very important: These rules should, in principle, apply to all Qualified, not only for highly qualified and skilled workers from the so-called “shortage occupations,” i.e. occupations in which in Germany the shortage of manpower, such as engineers or carers.
The key issues paper was pushed want on a lot, especially from circles of the German economy, which calls for years of clear and understandable rules for immigration. Whether it is now decided as Federal interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) actually had planned to, still in the old year, but in the stars. Because criticism of the original design comes from all sides – especially from the Union parties CDU and CSU.
Because they were good things: the Minister of labour, Hubertus Heil (SPD), economy Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) and interior Minister Horst Seehofer presented in the October issues paper
Union’s Internal Dispute
Especially the Option that work could enter the country willing to be initially limited to job search, the right wing of the Union for criticism. The Chairman of the Union in the interior Committee of the Bundestag and well-known Merkel-critics, Armin Schuster (CDU), said in an Interview with the German press Agency, the draft bid in its current Form, “the opportunity for facilitators to enable people to illegal entry to Germany, a residence permit to mooch with an alleged work – or Training record”. He warns: “Actually, we are enabling the people smugglers a completely new business model.” To send, instead of people cross the border at night, should smugglers pretending to now only “papers”. Because the Suitability of the job seekers should be checked according to the draft, first in Germany, finally.
Criticism stimulates the regulations to allow well integrated asylum seekers that have been rejected to stay in Germany. The Chairman of the Bundestag Committee on internal Affairs, Andrea Lindholz of the CSU, described the previous version of the immigration law as “not acceptable”. There must be a distinction “between asylum and highly skilled migration,” she said of the “Passauer Neue Presse”. She fears that it comes to a so-called “lane change”. “A rejected asylum applicant with no right to Protection, must in principle leave the country,” she said. Otherwise, enormous disincentives would arise.
A Model For Canada?
Now it’s a matter of whether or not this is exactly the point may be regulated in a separate law, instead of him to the immigration law.
Also prefer the Green, which is currently, according to polls, the second-strongest force from the Bundestag would go out of choice. Alliance 90/The Greens want a law that provides for a points system on the canadian model. People who achieve a high score and could therefore come to Germany for a year to go on a job search. How many people are allowed to come, to set each year a Commission made a recommendation to the Federal government. Points, there are thus, for example, for work experience, English skills and previous stays in the EU or in Switzerland.