Dobrindt Submits Law on Family Reunification

For the Union, the restriction of migration to Germany is a central project of the black and red coalition. Measures at the borders are now followed by a first draft law.

For the Union, the restriction of migration to Germany is a central project of the black and red coalition. Measures at the borders are now followed by a first draft law.

The Black and Red Coalition is planning a two-year suspension of family reunification for refugees without asylum status. This is intended to reduce migration to Germany.

During the coalition negotiations, the Union and the SPD agreed to suspend the family reunification for migrants with subsidiary protection status for two years. Federal Minister of the Interior Dobrindt now presents the corresponding bill.

In the next two years, refugees with the so-called with subsidiary protection, they will not be allowed to bring their family members to Germany. The plans of the new government in Berlin particularly affect refugees from Syria.

On Wednesday, the cabinet is expected to decide to suspend family reunification for refugees without asylum status for two years. According to "Bild am Sonntag," Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) will present a corresponding draft bill for this purpose. Dobrindt told the newspaper: "We are reinstating the restriction on migration into law. Family reunification for persons with subsidiary protection will be suspended. Previously,…