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‎46 refugees have a new home‎

The vacant building of the Internationaler Bund in Tübingen’s Eugenstraße is coming alive again. 46 refugees, including many families and single parents with their children, have moved into the converted former language school opposite the Edeka supermarket. There are twelve flats for them. This was announced by the city. The new residents come from Afghanistan, Albania, Cameroon, Nigeria, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine. In another part of the building, flats are to be built for people with professions in which labour is urgently needed. At the new location for the so-called follow-up accommodation, there are fixed contact persons for the residents.… Read More

Promoting early integration through work

By Ute Kaiser Language is a key to integration – and so is work. One district in Thuringia requires adult asylum seekers to work for 80 cents an hour: cleaning their accommodation, at the building authority or at an association such as the Tafel. Anyone who refuses to do this work without good reason can have up to half of their asylum seeker benefits cut. This would also be possible in Baden-Württemberg. But the district of Tübingen is taking a different approach. tuenews INTERNATIONAL spoke to District Administrator Joachim Walter about this. Since August, there has been a new “Refugees… Read More

Travel documents for Afghan refugees

It is difficult for refugees from Afghanistan who do not have a valid passport to travel abroad. This is because their home country does not currently issue new passports. They therefore need replacement documents. Since the beginning of the year, twelve Afghans in the district of Tübingen have received a travel document for foreigners from the district office. Seven refugees from Afghanistan received a travel document for refugees. This was announced by the district administration office at the request of tuenews INTERNATIONAL. Refusals are not systematically recorded; the district office has only registered one for this year. A travel document… Read More

BAMF on refugees traveling home to their country of origin

A TV report alleging that some Afghan refugees have spent their vacations in Afghanistan has triggered a major discussion in politics and the media. tuenews INTERNATIONAL therefore asked the press office of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) how it deals with such cases. If the office becomes aware of such a journey home to the country of origin of refugees with protection status, it carries out a case-by-case assessment. The reason for the journey home and the length of stay are determined and it is then checked whether the protection status is still valid or whether it… Read More

Accomodation of Afghans in need of protection: massive cut planned

By Ute Kaiser The Taliban have ruled Afghanistan for three years. The economic and political situation is putting a massive strain on the lives of the population. Since the seizure of power in mid-August 2021, this has been particularly true for people who oppose the regime. Anyone who protests “falls victim to enforced disappearance, is arbitrarily arrested, detained, tortured or otherwise mistreated“: This is reported by the human rights organization Amnesty International. Many members of the opposition fear for their lives. The situation is particularly depressing for girls and women. Female pupils are not allowed to attend secondary school after… Read More

Court decision: Subsidiary protection for refugees from Gaza

The Sigmaringen Administrative Court (VG) ruled on March 7, 2024 that a refugee from the Gaza Strip is entitled to subsidiary protection. This is because civilians there are at risk of becoming victims of the large-scale Israeli military operation. An end to the open fighting is not to be expected any time soon. The humanitarian situation will also remain catastrophic for an unforeseeable period of time, meaning that there is a risk of inhumane treatment. In contrast, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) had argued that “due to a particularly volatile situation”, a decision on protection status was… Read More

No longer a threat?

Civilians in Syria no longer face a serious, individual threat to their lives or physical integrity as a result of the civil war. This is the conclusion reached by the Higher Administrative Court (OVG) of Münster in its ruling of July 16, 2024. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) had refused to grant refugee status and subsidiary protection to a Syrian national from the north-east of Syria (Hasaka province). This was because he had been involved in smuggling people from Turkey into Europe before entering Germany. He had already been sentenced to several years’ imprisonment in Austria for… Read More

New naturalization law: patience required

It has been law since the end of June: foreigners can now be naturalized in Germany after five instead of eight years (under certain conditions after just three years). Condition: These people work and are well integrated. They can also retain their previous citizenship (see the tuenews reports tun24042406 and tun24012406). A further requirement is that applicants must be committed to the basic democratic order. “Racism, anti-Semitism or any other form of misanthropy preclude naturalization”: this is what the Federal Ministry of the Interior writes in a press release. Anyone wishing to be naturalized under the new law must be… Read More

Justice Minister Gentges: Less money for integration courses

If the federal government actually cuts the money for integration courses from 1.1 billion to 500 million euros as planned, the state of Baden-Württemberg will not be able to fully compensate for this. “I don’t believe that the federal government’s financial gap can be closed by the state,” said State Minister of Justice Marion Gentges (CDU) in an editorial interview with tuenews INTERNATIONAL. The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Social Affairs is already spending 6.2 million euros a year to offer language courses for those who cannot find federal courses. Problems with the language test tuenews editors had previously reported that many… Read More

New regulation: Likes could lead to deportation

Anyone who condones terrorist acts through comments or likes on social media should be more easily deported from Germany. This was decided by the German government in the cabinet at the end of June. In future, immigration authorities will be able to deport people who support or promote terrorist acts online without criminal proceedings. Unlike in the past, a comment or like will suffice. This regulation is part of an ongoing legislative process and still has to be passed by the Bundestag before it can come into force. Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser has introduced the proposal and… Read More

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