Union exerts pressure to combat illegal migration
The CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag is pushing for concrete measures to curb illegal migration to Germany to be implemented quickly.
To this end, it is tabling a bill in parliament this Thursday that aims to pay refugees the lower benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act for 36 rather than 18 months in future. Only then are they to receive the higher rates, which roughly correspond to social welfare. As a result, the benefits will be reduced. The draft implements last week's decision by the Conference of Minister Presidents one-to-one, said parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz in Berlin.
Increased pressure to act due to increased migration
"The Federal Chancellor and the coalition can thus prove this week that they are really serious about a joint Germany Pact on Migration - at least in this part," said the CDU leader. He believes the pressure to act has increased after the President of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Hans-Eckhard Sommer, stated in a letter to Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) that the number of people who have come to Germany in recent months is higher than the number of registered asylum applications. Sommer justified this with the fact that the federal states now have considerable backlogs in the registration of asylum seekers.
"The urgency to come to quick decisions on the issue of migration has actually increased once again," said Merz. CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt drew the following conclusion from the letter: "This shows that we still have a migration crisis." The resolutions of the Minister Presidents' Conference with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) were far from sufficient, and more must follow urgently. At the request of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, the Bundestag will discuss the letter and its consequences in a topical debate this Wednesday.
Criticism of planned consultation on new citizenship law
In this context, the head of the CSU MPs in the Bundestag expressed his annoyance at the plans of the traffic light coalition to discuss the new citizenship law in the Bundestag for the first time at the end of November. "I consider this to be a provocation towards the CDU/CSU," said Dobrindt. "Of course, it shows that there is no real willingness to reach agreements with the CDU/CSU to stop illegal migration."
Dobrindt criticized: "This citizenship law will trigger a further high magnetic effect for additional illegal refugee flows. That is why it is imperative to stop this law." If you want to solve the migration crisis, you have to reduce pull effects - i.e. incentives for migrants to come to Germany. "And another major pull effect is being created here."
- The CDU/CSU's push to combat illegal migration includes proposing a bill to extend the period for lower refugee benefits from 18 to 36 months, aiming to discourage illegal migration into Germany.
- The increased pressure to address migration issues stems from the higher number of migrants arriving in Germany than the number of registered asylum applications, as revealed by the President of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.
- Critics, such as the CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt, have expressed concern over the proposed discussion of a new citizenship law by the traffic light coalition, fearing it could further incentivize illegal migration and worsen the migration crisis.
Source: www.dpa.com
