Refugees
Cabinet brings asylum package II on the way
After weeks of dispute within the coalition, the Cabinet is now the so-called asylum package II decided. The child protection Agency criticized the proposed limit of family re-Union for refugees.
Only in the past week the tops of the coalition parties CDU, CSU and SPD finally Neuregelingen of the right of asylum asylum package II agreed. Now approved by the Federal Cabinet adopted a corresponding bill of the Ministry of the interior.
Reception centres and less family reunification
It include special reception centres, where certain groups of refugees accelerated asylum procedure to run through. This applies, for example, people from so-called safe Countries of origin. For refugees who are not considered to be personally persecuted and therefore a limited (“subsidiary”) protection status receive, should the family reunification for two years be exposed. Further, it is envisaged that asylum seekers with a ten Euro contribution in integration courses will have to participate.
Arrival and Rückführungseinrichtung for refugees in Bavaria
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“Rights are being undermined“
The President of the German child protection Agency, Heinz Hilgers, practiced sharp criticism of the coalition agreed to limit the family re-Union for refugees. This favors the possible abuse of refugee, said Hilgers the “Frankfurter Rundschau”. “For all the children and women’s rights will be undermined with the sleight of hand, that there are a few people in Syria that a subsidiary protection.”
The President of the child protection Agency, Hilgers
Children’s rights are for an emergency, as stressed Hilgers. And although this now has occurred, they would not be respected. The President of the Federal child protection added with regard to the European police authority Europol above-mentioned number of 10,000 missing refugee children in Europe, adding: “It is through the circumstances very slight sacrifice.” As long as the children are not registered and taken into custody were, “you are right and defenceless”.
wl/sti (dpa, afp, rtr)