Published : 06-04-2018
The German authorities intend to introduce a new law that will tighten the screws on refugees, restrict family unification procedures and affect those who have received secondary protection.
According to the draft of the new law submitted by the Federal Interior Ministry, reunification will not be allowed except for married couples or minors, as well as the father and mother of unmarried minors. Exempted from the reunification are the spouses whose marriages were not concluded in the country of origin of the refugee. The new law provides an opportunity to prevent the reunification of "jihadists, terrorists, preachers and community leaders of forbidden groups.
The new reunification law which is written on 20 pages, is still under discussion with other ministries before being presented to the government. It could also prevent the receipt of social assistance from the German state, without the reunification of the family.
Earlier, international organizations had criticized the new rules on reunification of refugee families with the right to secondary protection in Germany, and considered it a violation of the Convention on Children's’ Rights and human rights ratified by Germany.
The organizations considered that the suspension of "reunification" violated article 6 of the Constitution of Germany (the Basic Law), and the article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, in addition to articles 3 and 10 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
There are no official statistics for the numbers of Palestinian-Syrian refugees in Germany, who are classified as stateless according to the German law. Germany should be committed to the Geneva Convention, by facilitating the naturalization of stateless persons, according to the German Nationality Act for the year 2000. It is obvious however, that Germany is turning a blind eye to the implementation of these laws.
The German authorities intend to introduce a new law that will tighten the screws on refugees, restrict family unification procedures and affect those who have received secondary protection.
According to the draft of the new law submitted by the Federal Interior Ministry, reunification will not be allowed except for married couples or minors, as well as the father and mother of unmarried minors. Exempted from the reunification are the spouses whose marriages were not concluded in the country of origin of the refugee. The new law provides an opportunity to prevent the reunification of "jihadists, terrorists, preachers and community leaders of forbidden groups.
The new reunification law which is written on 20 pages, is still under discussion with other ministries before being presented to the government. It could also prevent the receipt of social assistance from the German state, without the reunification of the family.
Earlier, international organizations had criticized the new rules on reunification of refugee families with the right to secondary protection in Germany, and considered it a violation of the Convention on Children's’ Rights and human rights ratified by Germany.
The organizations considered that the suspension of "reunification" violated article 6 of the Constitution of Germany (the Basic Law), and the article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, in addition to articles 3 and 10 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
There are no official statistics for the numbers of Palestinian-Syrian refugees in Germany, who are classified as stateless according to the German law. Germany should be committed to the Geneva Convention, by facilitating the naturalization of stateless persons, according to the German Nationality Act for the year 2000. It is obvious however, that Germany is turning a blind eye to the implementation of these laws.
