Germany’s Cabinet yesterday
approved legislation set up to make it
easier for authorities to carry out the
deportation of individuals with failed asylum requests.
The draft, put forth by Interior Minister
Nancy Faeser, who, like Chancellor Olaf
Scholz, is a Social Democrat, proposes a
number of changes to existing deportation
rules.
The proposal must now go to the
Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, for
approval before it can go into effect. A vote
is expected in November.
The opposition CDU/CSU has signaled
approval. The Greens, a coalition partner,
have voiced opposition with some calling
the proposal a massive encroachment on
fundamental rights, labelling it
disproportionate and too severe.
Chancellor Scholz recently said that his
government was seeking, “agreements
with countries from which refugees come
who cannot stay.”
Berlin is currently in talks with Georgia,
Moldova, Kenya, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
but others, such as Nigeria, Zambia and
Iraq, have refused such cooperation.
