Germany wants to deport more migrants - but is that even viable? | DW News

here in Germany the government is meeting this week to discuss new measures to more easily Deport migrants whose Asylum application was rejected or who have been convicted of certain crimes it's a controversial Topic in some areas of Germany but not in parts of the East where the anti-immigration alternative for Germany is the strongest political party many newly arrived migrants there worry that they are no longer welcome here because of war and I want to have a safe life here I'm 100% confident that all the young people here in this Center are tired of the living conditions and the security situation back home I'm from Syria and there I wouldn't be able to just stop and speak with you it's forbidden this processing center is located in Eisen huten 2 hours East of Berlin in the former East Germany the recent European elections saw the right-wing populist alternative for Germany or afd strengthen its base in the Eastern German states after promises to curb irregular migration some of the people we spoke to here have lost trust in Chancellor Olaf Schultz and his Social Democratic party and have little hope the government will address their concerns it's all gone down the drain anyway why not just give them a chance and let the afd have a goal we can't sink any lower anyway no matter which party the SPD has had its turn and they've screwed up now it's the fd's turn and now the FD can give it a shot we can't sink any lower Germany's already been running to the ground yeah and if we didn't have any hope for the afd we wouldn't have voted for them the other parties have proven time and time again that they were just talking rubbish with all their promises others in Eisen henat are more welcoming of migrants and refugees coming to Germany everyone has the right to leave no question we want to help people no question people affected by War but there must be limits even among refugees who have had their Asylum applications approved Berlin's tough migration stance has garnered some support if there is war or any uh reasonable reason to stay here yeah you can stay here but if anything else uh you can they can do Germany is governed by the rule of law those who abide by the law have nothing to Fe and will not be deported however Those who commit a crime or do drugs need to be deported back to their country I support this law facing a record low approval rating the German government is coming under increasing pressure to act according to the head of the immigration Authority in the state of Brandenburg where the Reception Center is located raising the number of deportations will go some way to curb migration but he says it will not be enough [Music] for me deportations are a mechanism aimed at restoring legal peace for criminals serious offenders people who show no willingness to integrate they need to be deported because our population cannot be persuaded to let them stay and collect welfare benefits as the debate continues these refugees and migrants await a decision by German lawmakers about what their future holds let's get more on this with DW political correspondent Matthew Moore Matthew good morning the German government is under pressure on migration quite clearly how is it going to respond well we'll get more details in the course of the the day beish on how it's really going to tackle this problem a a problem which really frankly is is number one um on the list of Voters concerns according to to polls um in recent weeks and ESS what the um State leaders want who are meeting with Chancellor Ola schz today what they're saying they're saying the solution really the headline solution is is to for the German government to look at Third Country solutions that is what we considered Rwanda solution the Rwanda deal that the UK has or the Albania deal that Italy has that is essentially um to to process Asylum applications outside of Germany they say that works for two reasons it acts as a deterrent to people they know that they can't just come come to Germany um and get and and and remain get Asylum straight away but they also say that that deals with this problem that Germany has which is of deporting failed Asylum Seekers I think last year Germany managed to deport around 12% of the people who had their Asylum applications rejected um the rest of those people they stay it takes something like 2 and a half years to to deport people and everyone in the political mainstream says that Germany needs to get a grip on this and this is seen as one way of doing that because if you're application is rejected then you you simply have to that's the problem of of the Third Country Now Critics on the other hand say that's a big there's a big problem with that it takes it takes years to negotiate these deals and it's a kind of pseudo solution it doesn't really work because there's no proof that it actually acts a deterrent however you just see the kind of the pressure on the government the government says we've got the EU Asylum package and we should really we should let that give that time to work um we should strengthen our borders and try to help those countries um economically where the migrants are coming from to try and deal with this and we also heard in that report Matthew that some people want Asylum Seekers who've been convicted of crimes to be deported is that viable it's it's possible but it's very tricky I mean in recent weeks we've had a really kind of turbocharged debate about this about getting criminals who' have come from uh often Syria or Afghanistan because that's where the vast majority of Asylum applicants come from to Germany about those who have criminal records or are considered dangerous about how how Germany can Deport them back at the moment Germany has a ban a self-imposed ban on deporting to Syria and Afghanistan and that's because that these countries are considered unsafe because they have human rights abuses um throughout and so the government says that they want to look at this and that they're trying to deal with it and get a grip on it but ultimately it's very very difficult they're going to reassess these these um kind of Assessments that they make on where countries are safe countries of origin that are safe and which are not to see if there is a way that they can justify deporting and and sending criminals um back to to to Syria and Afghanistan in the case of of Germany but it's not easy because of Human Rights concerns in those places we'll leave it there for the moment DW political correspondent Matthew Mo thanks so much

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Published: Thu Jun 20 2024