US EditionGerman MPs Criticize Plan to Curb Refugee Family Reunification
- On Friday in Berlin, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt introduced plans to halt family reunification for refugees holding subsidiary protection status.
- Dobrindt introduced this draft bill to limit irregular migration amid a decreasing number of asylum applications and growing integration concerns.
- The bill restricts family reunification to a monthly quota of 1,000 close relatives, mostly spouses and minor children, limiting reunification for nearly 400,000 residents with subsidiary protection.
- Opposition parties criticized the bill as inhumane and anti-family, with Green lawmaker Schahina Gambir stating, "families belong together," and warning against boosting human trafficking.
- The proposal reignited debate on migration policies, implying stricter national and EU measures may be necessary but raising concerns about the moral and social impact of the reunification limit.
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The migration turnaround is a central promise of the black and red coalition. But the attempt to further limit irregular immigration and present itself as politically capable could fail. Does Interior Minister Dobrind manage the project into a dead end?
The Federal Government wants to suspend the family reunification for refugees without recognised asylum status for two years. Interior Minister Dobrindt (CSU) spoke of an important step in the Bundestag to reduce migration to Germany. The opposition expressed clear criticism.
Bundestag: Union defends the draft law on a suspension of family reunification. The opposition criticises.
Interior Minister Dobrindt wants to stop family reunification for refugees without asylum status. The left considers this to be "anti-Christian", the Greens speak at the first reading of the bill of prevented integration.
Interior Minister Dobrindt plans to suspend the family reunification for subsidiary beneficiaries. The project makes integration difficult, the opposition in the Bundestag criticises.
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