Drug-user Dröge criticizes poor performance - Soder pushes for increased pace
Following the Bund-Länder-Meeting, Olaf Scholz confirmed the review of assigning asylum processes to foreign nations. Despite this, unease was expressed by Scholz, as well as Interior Minister Faeser, with the Greens highlighting high obstacles. The Union criticized the delayed assessment of the process itself.
Green fraction leader Katharina Droge warned against unrealistic expectations after the Bund-Länder-Decision regarding the outsourcing of asylum processes to foreign nations. Experts, on behalf of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, have already assessed third country solutions. "And everyone is aware of the steep hurdles," she stated. Concerning the difficulties associated with transferring asylum procedures to foreign nations, Chancellor Olaf Scholz had previously expressed his concerns at the Bund-Länder- Round. Following the decision to review the outsourcing of processes, SPD-politician Scholz downplayed the expectations that this would lead to a significant reduction in asylum applications. The Union criticized the lack of tangible outcomes but merely a new deadline in six months.
Droge pointed out constitutional and European legal hurdles, practical issues, and human rights concerns. In her opinion, the proposal was "more of a meaningless display without substance." "European law does not permit sending people to nations they've never been to before," she added.
Droge particularly criticized the Union and NRW Minister President Hendrik Wüst, who strongly advocated for third country solutions. "Why propose solutions that you know won't work? This creates false expectations in people, because they rightly expect us to take the problems seriously and address the challenges," she said.
Even Bundessenministerin Nancy Faeser expressed reservations about whether asylum processes in foreign nations outside the EU would significantly reduce illegal immigration. Such an instrument would "not bring about a change on its own," said the SPD politician at the end of the Interior Ministers' Conference of the Federation and the States in Potsdam. It would only be "an additional tool." She emphasized the need to focus on "what is actually feasible." Her top priority was the implementation of the new European asylum system. Faeser announced that models for asylum processes in foreign nations would now be further analyzed, as the federal states had requested.
The German Government stated that, for the time being, there would be no negotiations with nations outside the EU about the outsourcing of asylum processes. "That would be the second step," said government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit. Agreed with the federal states was to first examine whether there is a concrete model for such a process. Only then could the German Government engage with nations under consideration.
The CDU demands that the next Minister Presidents Conference (MPK) with Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz be held at the beginning of August instead. The MPK "has not budged an inch. Instead, a new date in six months is announced, which in itself is quite arrogant," said CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann to the "Bild"-Newspaper.
"We do not need this new meeting in six months, but in six weeks." The Chancellor apparently still does not grasp the urgency of the migration issue. "Scholz is delaying problem-solving. He's only reliable when it comes to announcing new dates," said Linnemann. Bavaria's Minister President Markus Söder also demanded an earlier date. "The Federation is stalling, instead of taking decisive action," he told the newspaper. "It needs an immediate program and not a never-ending cycle."
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- Despite the CDU pushing for an earlier Minister Presidents Conference with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the German Government stated that negotiations about outsourcing asylum processes to third countries will only begin after examining a concrete model.
- In response to the CDU's criticism, SPD politician Nancy Faeser emphasized that asylum processes in third countries are not a solution on their own and announced further analysis of models for such processes.
- Green fraction leader Katharina Droge critically evaluated the proposal for asylum procedures in third countries, highlighting constitutional and legal hurdles, practical issues, and human rights concerns, and criticized the Union for proposing solutions that she believed would not work.
