Thus, a compromise was reached on the issue, which has become a sensitive issue for the government and society.
These latest measures include faster processing of asylum applications, capping of benefits and increased government financial support for federal lands and local communities facing the influx of asylum seekers.
After an overnight meeting that lasted several hours, Scholz said Tuesday that it was a historic moment. These words of the chancellor show what a huge burden this topic has become for the government.
In Germany, migrant and refugee shelters have been filling up for months. In the past, Scholz, who is under huge pressure from the opposition and other actors to stop the trend, has said that “too many people are coming”.
According to official statistics, around 73% of new asylum applications had been submitted this year by the end of September. more than during the same period last year.
Since last February, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Germany has taken in more than 1 million people. Ukrainians fleeing the war.
In recent weeks, the government has taken proactive steps, including legislation to make it easier to deport asylum seekers who have failed to obtain a residence permit, tougher penalties for people smugglers, and faster employment opportunities for migrants.
Temporary checks have also been introduced at Germany’s borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland.
On Tuesday, the federal and state governments agreed to change the system for funding costs related to asylum seekers. Starting next year, the government will pay 7.5 thousand for each asylum seeker. annual one-off payments of EUR 3.7 billion instead of euros per year.
O. Scholz called this latest reform a “transition to a breathing system” and said that as the number of people increases, there will be more money, and as the number of people decreases, less.
In addition, migrants will receive at least part of the payments as a credit on the payment card. This means they will receive less cash in the future.
The governors of some states have called for a new system of asylum procedures outside Germany to prevent migrants from entering the country altogether, but this measure has been rejected.
However, the federal government has said it will check whether asylum procedures can be applied outside the European Union.
Other new measures will speed up asylum procedures. Asylum applications for people arriving from countries with an asylum acceptance rate of less than 5% will have to be processed within three months.
Control of Germany’s borders with Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria will be extended, but the deadline has not been specified.
From January to September, more than 250,000 people applied for asylum in Germany. people, and last year during the same period – more than 130 thousand.
Most migrants come from Syria, Afghanistan and Turkey.
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2024-09-30 19:16:29
