Germany Unveils A New Law To Send Migrants Away

Nancy Faeser, Germany’s Interior Minister, has unveiled a comprehensive deportation law that includes more than 40 measures to address immigration issues. The goal of the law is to send unsuccessful immigrants back to their home countries.

To overcome obstacles during the final stages of deportation, the proposed law includes an increase in the maximum pre-deportation detention period from ten to 28 days.

The Minister said that more than 40 measures in the proposed law would create the conditions for expulsions and returns.

Minister Faeser made a comment regarding the legislation and also mentioned that the new law increases the maximum length of pre-deportation detention from ten to 28 days to help authorities ensure the successful execution of deportations. Currently, obstacles frequently arise during the final stages of deportation.

Faeser emphasized to members of the Bundestag, Germany’s lower house of parliament, that the legislation was essential to ensuring societal acceptance of migration.

“Anyone who is not entitled to stay must return to Germany. This principle must be able to be implemented by us; We will harm our community otherwise”, she said.

The Minister noted the “remarkable” transformation of Germany, evolving from a state that caused two world wars to become a country where people seek protection.

“In order for us to be this country, we also need clear rules and laws. This means that those who do not have the right to remain must leave the country again — quickly and reliably. This is a prerequisite for migration to be accepted in society”.

Earlier this month, Germany introduced several measures in order to tighten immigration and asylum policy.

The government also unfolded plans to reach agreements with migrants’ countries of origin and transit to ease the deportations in exchange for legal immigration to this country, as reported by Le Monde.

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As part of its efforts to stop irregular migration, Germany implemented controls at its borders with Poland, Switzerland, and Czechia last month. The country is constantly fighting to control the influx of illegal immigrants, many of whom first arrive in eastern European countries with the intention of transiting to Germany.

According to statistics from the German Police, the most significant increase since February 2016 occurred in September when more than 21,360 people entered the country without permission.

A similar source uncovered that for a period between January and September this year, a sum of 92,119 people arrived at Germany in an unpredictable manner, consequently raising worries that the nation could enlist a bigger number of sporadic entry attempts than in 2016.

Simultaneously, the number of deportations also marked an increase in the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year. From January until June this year, 7,861 people were returned.