At the weekend, SPD politicians criticized the FDP parliamentary group’s new demands for tougher rules in asylum policy. Now the Greens say what they think about it.
The Greens reacted with surprise to a nine-point paper on migration policy adopted by the FDP parliamentary group at the weekend. “The FDP knows that we are always ready to talk about all proposals with each other within the coalition,” said the Green Party leader, Omid Nouripour, when asked after a meeting of the party executive committee in Berlin.
At the same time, his party made it clear “that we are prepared to do anything that is legal, effective and feasible – including migration policy.” A lot has already been agreed here. With regard to the so-called security package of the traffic light coalition, which is currently being discussed in the Bundestag, he said: “My advice would be to first implement measures and then check what is still needed before continuing to put new proposals into the plan Space throws.” He also wants to “strongly advise against continuing to discuss proposals that have already been classified as unconstitutional by the Federal Minister of Justice.”
FDP wants to identify more safe countries of origin
The FDP’s nine-point paper calls for, among other things, an examination of safe countries of origin, which not only takes into account the so-called Maghreb states in North Africa, but also India, Colombia and Armenia. Asylum applications from people from safe countries of origin can be rejected more quickly.
According to the FDP parliamentary group, the federal government alone should be responsible for the return of asylum seekers who are obliged to leave the country to other EU member states. There should be better cooperation with the airlines. The federal police should be able to apply to the court for detention pending deportation and detention on departure. People who publicly endorse terrorist crimes should be able to be deported more easily.
The draft laws on the “security package” presented by the SPD, the Greens and the FDP include, among other things, the removal of benefits for people whose asylum procedures another European state is responsible for under the so-called Dublin rules, as well as the power to biometrically compare publicly available data the Internet.
The FDP parliamentary group wants benefits for asylum seekers who are required to leave the country to be reduced even if they are not in the Dublin procedure.
Criticism of the FDP’s demands also came from Pro Asyl. The organization’s refugee policy spokesman said: “When it comes to migration policy, the party’s aim is to ingratiate itself with the hardliners on the far right.”
Source: Stern
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