Germany showed their heads and tails in a few hours immigration policy: on the one hand, to facilitate your access nationality to millions of strangers; On the other hand, activating a plan Deportation of irregular immigrants There is no chance of acceptance.
The first will be indicated by confirmation. Bundestag The law called (Parliament) “Modernization of citizenship rights”. Germany finally enters the orbit of countries that accept this agreement multinational – until now the previous one could only be retained if the country of origin did not allow the waiver or for citizens of some EU countries. German citizenship can now be claimed after five years of residence instead of eight years, or even after three years in the case of strong roots and integration.
arrangement It aims to accelerate the integration of citizens of foreign origin in a country with a very diverse demographic reality. In the country with a total population of 83 million, one in every four people is of non-German origin and 10% are foreigners. Largest group of citizens of non-German origin, German-TurkishWe have more than three million citizens. It also answers the question: industry demands. It is estimated that the German labor market will need to attract 400,000 foreign workers to meet current staff demand.
Asylum requests are increasing
The approval of this law followed the approval of another law aimed at speeding up the deportation of irregular immigrants, also by the governing coalition between social democrats, greens and liberals. Police will be allowed go look at your house Those who are subject to deportation orders, including criminals who have committed serious or politically radical crimes, and It will take up to 28 days -instead of ten- the time they spend in detention centers until the order is carried out.
The increase in asylum requests follows. some in 2023 330,000 new applicationsIt increased by 51% annually. Regional administrations say they are welcomed to join the one and a half million Ukrainians who came as a result of the attack. Russian occupation.
last year some 16,400 deportation ordersAccording to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This goal is expected to be achieved with the new law An additional 600 each year. There are approximately 45,000 asylum seekers whose requests were rejected but whose presence in Germany was “tolerated” for humanitarian reasons or because authorities in their country of origin refused to accept them.
Humanitarian organisations, the Greens and a section of the opposition Left They criticized that law It would include detaining minors in detention centers or separating them from their families.
Both laws were approved to coincide with mass mobilizations against the far right following the introduction of a law. plans to deport to millions of citizens ethnic reasons. The triggering event was a meeting of officials in Potsdam. Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the neo-Nazis to whom this proposal is addressed is an attack on non-German citizens and even naturalized ones. The AfD ranks second in voting intentions in the polls.