◇ Migration & asylum

A reform was adopted in the EU Parliament that provides for new return regulations for third-country nationals without a right of residence. The aim of the new regulation is to simplify the return of people who are obliged to leave the country within the European Union and to imp…

A bill introduced by the federal government is intended to help prevent abusive paternity recognition more effectively in the future. The aim of the law is to curb cases in which paternity of a child is recognized without an actual family relationship in order to obtain residency…

The EU Parliament has voted to start negotiations with the Council of the European Union on the new legal framework for the return of people without the right to reside in the EU. The report on the negotiating mandate suggested, among other things, that deportation centers outsid…

A recommendation for a resolution on a proposal from the AfD parliamentary group was voted on in the Bundestag. In its application, the AfD parliamentary group calls for a comprehensive reform of citizenship law, which would reverse decisions made by the traffic light coalition i…

In a roll-call vote, the Bundestag cleared the way for the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) in Germany. The federal government's law adapts German asylum and residence law to eleven EU legal acts that the European Parliament and the Council had already passed on…

The EU Parliament has adopted new regulations in EU asylum law, which are intended to introduce a common list of safe countries of origin for the first time and further develop the concept of safe third countries. In this way, asylum procedures should be made more efficient and u…

The EU Parliament has voted to tighten EU asylum law, expanding the application of the “safe third country” concept. In the future, member states will be able to reject an asylum application as inadmissible if a non-EU country is considered a safe third country for the person app…

The Bundestag has approved a federal government bill that stipulates that in the future safe countries of origin for international protection, i.e. for asylum under the Geneva Refugee Convention or subsidiary protection, can be determined by legal ordinance. However, the previous…

The AfD parliamentary group's motion entitled "Returning medical care for foreigners to the constitutionally required minimum - based on the Danish model" was rejected by the Bundestag. A roll call vote was taken on a recommendation from the Health Committee, in which the rejecti…

The state parliament voted on a corresponding recommendation for a resolution from the Petitions Committee, which stipulates that the petition to develop the "Schanzacker" with an initial reception facility for refugees cannot be remedied. The petitioners requested that developme…

The Bundestag has voted on the federal government's planned change to the Nationality Act. The central point here is the reversal of the “tourbo naturalization” introduced by the traffic light government. Accordingly, naturalization of foreign citizens is possible after three yea…

The budget of the Federal Chancellor and the Federal Chancellery was voted on during the final discussions on the 2025 federal budget. Among other things, expenditure of 4.04 billion euros is planned, while in 2024 it was 3.87 billion euros. The Federal Government Commissioner fo…

The Bundestag has voted on a bill from the CDU/CSU and SPD parliamentary groups to temporarily suspend family reunification for those entitled to subsidiary protection*. The draft law proposes to suspend family reunification for two years in order to ease the burden on the recept…

The AfD parliamentary group has submitted a motion for a roll-call vote calling on the state government to reintroduce the regular review of the right to protection. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) should check at least every two years whether the protection …

At the initiative of the AfD parliamentary group, the Bavarian state parliament voted by name on the resolution regarding the complaint against the Regensburg district office regarding the accommodation of asylum seekers in the market Lappersdorf. The Committee for Submissions an…

The state parliament voted specifically on the Petitions Committee's recommendation for a resolution on a petition. The petition criticizes the planned introduction of a career in the higher humanities and social sciences service. In addition to the existing middle, senior and hi…

The CDU/CSU parliamentary group has introduced a bill to “limit the illegal influx of third-country nationals into Germany”. The so-called “Influx Limitation Act” provides for stricter migration policy and is intended, among other things, to end family reunification with people w…

After the fatal knife attack in Aschaffenburg, the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group submitted an urgent motion to the Bavarian state parliament. In it, she calls for a complete clarification of where state authorities made mistakes in preventing the crime. In addition, …

The government factions of the CSU and FREIE WÄHLER have submitted an urgent motion to the Bavarian state parliament. In it they refer, among other things, to the fatal knife attack in Solingen, but the demands for expanded security powers are much more far-reaching and partly in…