debate | FDP: “Uncontrolled migration policy”
More crimes by foreigners Police statistics spark debate: “Uncontrolled migration policy” April 9, 2024 – 5:38 p.m. Reading time: 3 min. What: Reuters The number of foreign criminals has grown. Now there is a heated debate about what the consequences should be. The increased numbers of foreign crime in Germany have sparked a debate about […]
Union faction demands system change in migration policy
Dealing with asylum seekers is a central issue for the Union. Parliamentary group manager Frei sees the Greens in particular as major obstacles to stricter rules. He complains about “extremely high social benefits”. The leadership of the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag has accused the Greens of inaction in migration policy and demanded Europe-wide […]
Supreme Court allows controversial migration law in Texas
The US state of Texas has been granted migration powers by a court ruling that are actually reserved for federal authorities. Human rights activists warn. A decision by the US Supreme Court further fuels the debate about migration policy in the USA. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court granted the temporary entry into force of a […]
Traffic light argues about asylum and refugee policy
The municipalities are still overloaded due to the high number of asylum seekers, and the federal and state governments are at odds. Now what could help? There is hardly any topic that the federal government argues so passionately with the federal states about as refugee policy. This Wednesday, the heads of government of the federal […]
“The population will not be satisfied with this”
The federal and state governments have discussed migration policy, but are still divided as before. “The government urgently needs to show that it is controlling the situation,” says asylum law expert Daniel Thym. Asylum law expert Daniel Thym draws a sobering conclusion on German migration policy after the country leaders met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz […]
Wüst: Scholz must make migration a “top priority”.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with the state leaders in a crisis discussion on migration. There was then a hail of criticism from Union-led countries. Under the pressure of persistently high numbers of asylum seekers, the prime ministers of the federal states met for a meeting on Wednesday, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) also took part […]
Scholz comments on migration policy
The country leaders met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz to talk about German migration policy. They took stock in a press conference. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), together with Hesse’s Prime Minister Boris Rhein (CDU) and Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD), presented the results of the Prime Minister’s Conference on migration policy on Wednesday. Under […]
What do the federal and state governments want to change in migration policy?
When it comes to asylum policy, the federal and state governments share a common goal: to gain more control and better integrate refugees. Also so that critical citizens do not run into the arms of populists. The heads of government of the federal states invited Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) to their meeting in Berlin. They […]
Wüst calls for a “centre alliance” in migration policy
Because of AfD polls high: Hendrik Wüst calls on the federal government to cooperate in limiting migration – and calls for an early meeting between the Prime Minister and Chancellor Olaf Scholz. North Rhine-Westphalia’s Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) has called on the federal government to cooperate in limiting migration in view of the AfD’s […]
What Japan can learn from Germany
Almost 15 percent of foreigners live in Germany and two in Japan. Nevertheless, there are some parallels, writes Japanese journalist Daiki Sakakibara. “Why is a Japanese journalist researching right-wing extremism and immigration in Germany?” I, a reporter for the liberal newspaper “The Tokyo Shimbun”, am currently asked this question frequently in Germany. In fact, I […]
