Refugees - Saxony's interior minister with a list of demands on migration
Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) insists on "urgent measures" regarding the migration issue. "The federal government needs a masterplan to effectively implement the necessary course change in its asylum policy," he told the German Press Agency. This includes stricter border controls with significant returns, "even for persons who want to enter from a secure third country with asylum applications," as well as immediate deportations of repeat and violent offenders to Syria, Afghanistan, and Maghreb countries.
Schuster's Five-Point Demand Catalogue also includes immediate arrest for extraditable foreign serious criminals and dangerous offenders until they voluntarily leave. In addition, federal departure centers should be established, family reunification for subsidiary protection beneficiaries should be stopped, and the voluntary resettlement program for Afghanistan in 2022 should be halted.
"The goal is a short-term drastic reduction in access, while consistently increasing the departure of particularly problematic individuals subject to expulsion," Schuster said. I consider diplomatic negotiations with Afghanistan and Syria regarding this to be possible and appropriate given the security situation.
- Armin Schuster, the Interior Minister of Saxony, highlighted the need for immediate actions in the migration issue, particularly from the Federal Government.
- Schuster advocated for a comprehensive masterplan to revise the asylum policy, which involves strengthening border controls and returns for individuals from safe third countries.
- The list of demands presented by Schuster includes immediate deportations for repeat and violent offenders to countries like Afghanistan, Syria, and Maghreb.
- In his Five-Point Demand Catalogue, Schuster also emphasized the immediate arrest of extraditable foreign serious criminals and dangerous offenders, pending their voluntary departure.
- The Interior Minister proposed the establishment of federal departure centers and the halt of family reunification for subsidiary protection beneficiaries as part of his proposed changes.
- Schuster suggested stopping the voluntary resettlement program for Afghanistan in 2022 and noted that diplomatic negotiations with countries like Afghanistan and Syria regarding this matter could be possible and appropriate.
- The CDU politician stated that the aim is to facilitate a dramatic reduction in access while simultaneously boosting the expulsion of particularly problematic individuals.
