Moving from one place to another - Ongoing argument surrounds removing severe offenders from nation
Bavaria's Prime Minister, Markus Soeder, questions whether Chancellor Olaf Scholz will follow through with his pledge to allow the expulsion of severe wrongdoers to Afghanistan and Syria. In an interview with the news station Welt TV last Friday, Soeder suggested that the chancellor's assertions may be election-driven. "Nothing's happened yet." Further declarations from the chancellor are insignificant without the Greens' assistance. Soeder believes the federal government must make these decisions, as the Greens are thwarting them.
A 25-year-old man from Afghanistan injured six people from the anti-Islamic group Pax Europa and a police officer with a knife on Friday. The 29-year-old officer, Rouven Laur, passed away from his injuries later that day. Chancellor Scholz (SPD) announced in the Bundestag on Thursday that he intends to enable the deportation of major criminals to Afghanistan and Syria once more. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) is exploring this. Since the Taliban's takeover of power in Kabul in August 2021, deportations for Afghans in Germany have been halted.
Soeder is adamant that whomever commits such a crime must be deported and, if from Afghanistan or Syria, also deported to those countries.
Soeder Pushes to Eliminate Subsidized Protection for Refugees from Afghanistan and Syria
Soeder also advocated for the abolishment of subsidized protection for refugees from Afghanistan and Syria. "The issue is that many individuals come from Afghanistan, Syria, and they no longer undergo an individual asylum procedure. Instead, there's a sort of blank check. The so-called subsidized protection," Soeder mentioned. "I consider this to be a mistake." To attain a new procedure in each instance, it is necessary to ascertain whether someone is politically persecuted. Additionally, it must be determined whether someone can be returned.
Subsidized protection is awarded to individuals who present cogent reasons why they will be unable to claim protection from their home nation or unwilling to do so due to the threat of serious injury.
Migration expert: Not All Afghans and Syrians Necessarily Required Protection Status
Migration expert Daniel Thym also expressed his reservations regarding the treatment of certain refugees. "Nearly everyone in this country accepts that nearly all Syrians and Afghans get a protection status — with the implication that they can legally reside in Germany and be treated equally," Thym told Welt am Sonntag. "This enormous generosity no longer convinces today. Whether an asylum application is successful depends on the situation in the home country. This has altered in Syria, Afghanistan, and elsewhere."
Thym added that only about 1% of all asylum applications from Syrians were rejected last year. "This is surprising since the civil war in Syria has subsided." The European Asylum Agency, in its most recent report, found that the level of violence in central Syria and on the Mediterranean coast is no longer sufficient for all Syrians to automatically receive subsidized protection, "So there is no longer a danger of torture or kidnapping for all Syrians. The German asylum policy is ignoring this."
Kretschmer Urges Stricter Deportations of Criminals in Saxony
Saxony's Prime Minister, Michael Kretschmer, called for the expulsion of multiple offenders upon reaching their eighteenth birthday, regardless of the commission of a new crime. He proposed amending existent laws to facilitate this. "We supply protection for people. If these individuals exploit our solidarity by becoming criminal, not due to infractions like parking violations, but repeatedly and especially with violence, then they do not deserve to be here." Kretschmer added that the refugee status should be revoked more quickly if someone becomes criminal.
Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) supported a unique repatriation program for deportation-eligible multiple and repeat offenders. "If we were to implement expedited deportations for repeat offenders across the nation, the crime statistics would be significantly different next year," Schuster stated in the Saturday edition of the "Saxon Times." Saxony is prepared to assist the federal government as a pilot state. [End of Paraphrased Text]
