Germany: Toughest Asylum Law Reform Since 1993

 

Germany’s Bundestag has passed a sweeping reform of asylum legislation, described as the toughest tightening since 1993, as part of the EU’s new migration package.

• The reform aims to accelerate asylum procedures, allowing faster rejection of applications that do not meet requirements.

• It expands border controls and strengthens authorities’ powers to temporarily detain asylum seekers during case reviews.

• At the same time, it introduces facilitations, such as improved access to the labor market for recognized refugees.

• The move has sparked political controversy: the governing coalition backed the reform, while opposition parties and human rights groups criticized it as undermining Germany’s constitutional right to asylum.

Sources – Agencies