Chancellor Merkel and the heads of government of the federal states today discuss the return of rejected asylum seekers. The meeting at ...
Chancellor Merkel and the heads of government of the federal states today discuss the return of rejected asylum seekers. The meeting at the Chancellery will focus on how they can be returned to their home countries more consistently and more quickly.
By Anna Engelke, ARD-Hauptstadtstudio
Yesterday, it was said that Angela Merkel wanted to present a 16-point plan to the Prime Minister during her meeting at the Chancellery. The deputy government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer did not want to confirm the number 16 - but still so much: "How many points does the plan have?
The central theme of this plan is the return of unrecognized refugees. Deputy government spokeswoman Demmer said: "The expectation of citizens on this point is quite justified, and this is the only way to increase the willingness of those who need help."
Merkel had left no doubt that the return of unrecognized asylum-seekers to the Chancellor was an important issue for the Chancellor at the beginning of the week: "We all know that we have to do more with the return." The number of decided asylum applications is increasing. " And so the number of those whose asylum application is rejected. Although 60 per cent of asylum applications were positively decided, the Chancellor said: "We know that we have to put the issue of feedback back on the agenda, and now let's see what we can achieve together and how far we are Which then also considered sufficient. "
"A task for all"
This Monday the coalition heads of the CDU, CSU and the SPD met in Munich to prepare for the meeting with the Prime Ministers. The repatriation of rejected asylum seekers is the responsibility of the Länder. That is why today's meeting at the Chancellery is important. Just a month ago, in a speech before the German civil servants' office, Merkel had made it clear that she saw all the duty on the return of unrecognized refugees. "This is a task where we should not point to each other with fingers: what makes the commune wrong, what makes the country wrong, what makes the covenant wrong, it is a task for all."
Last year, a total of 80,000 refugees returned to their homelands, 55,000 volunteers. Although this is an increase compared to the year before, but according to the federal government, there is still a lot of air up. That is why the Bund wants to push its pace and set up a "joint center for the support of the return" within the next three months - under the direction of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. From there, collective deportation will be coordinated. In addition, the Center will provide the necessary documents for people who need to leave Germany in all cases.
Plans for "departure centers"
In addition, the federal government is considering creating federal exit centers in which rejected asylum seekers are to be placed centrally in the last days or weeks before their deportation. To what extent there will be concrete decisions after the meeting in the Chancellery, the deputy government spokeswoman Demmer said openly: "There has still been some result."
