Great Britain wants to immediately deport asylum seekers without valid papers to Rwanda in the future. Regardless of the massive international criticism, the FDP would also like to see such an asylum pact in this country.
Despite massive international criticism of Great Britain’s planned asylum pact with Rwanda, the FDP parliamentary group is pushing for similar models to be examined for Germany. “I think it would be right if we thought about carrying out asylum procedures in third countries outside of Europe,” said FDP parliamentary group leader Christian Dürr in the “Augsburger Allgemeine” (Thursday). “With a legally secure regulation, we could create clarity about protection status and prevent people from taking the dangerous route across the Mediterranean without any prospect of staying.” He called for the possibilities for such procedures to be examined promptly.
The British Parliament passed the controversial asylum pact with Rwanda on Tuesday night. Asylum seekers who arrive in Great Britain without valid documents should in future be able to be immediately deported to the East African country. They can apply for asylum there, but they are no longer allowed to go to Great Britain – regardless of their origin. The international criticism is enormous.
Federal government has model checked
The British plans are also being followed with interest in Germany. The Union has long been pushing for asylum procedures to be relocated to countries outside the EU. The federal government has promised the states an examination. The first results should be presented by the next Prime Minister’s Conference on June 20th.
At a press conference with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Berlin on Wednesday, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) did not want to comment on the question of whether the British model could be a role model for Germany. Instead, he referred to the measures that have already been adopted to curb irregular migration to Germany and Europe.
According to information from the news magazine “Der Spiegel”, 13 German politicians protested against the British plans in a letter to Sunak. According to the report, the signatories include the Greens and Social Democrats as well as the Union MP Knut Abraham.
