“Speed up asylum procedures”
Faeser wants to significantly increase BAMF personnel
March 2, 2024, 10:24 a.m
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The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees already has around 8,000 positions. Federal Interior Minister Faeser now explains that another 1,160 will be added. Cost: 300 million euros. In this way, asylum procedures should be carried out more quickly.
The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), which is responsible for asylum procedures, is to receive significantly more positions. “We are strengthening the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees with 1,160 additional staff,” said Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser to “Welt am Sonntag”. A spokesman for the ministry confirmed that these are full-time positions and should be filled “as quickly as possible”. This is currently the case BAMF says it has around 8,000 positions.
The federal government is also doing a lot to speed up and digitize asylum procedures, said Faeser. “We are now spending an additional 300 million euros on this.”
Regarding the federal government’s ongoing examination of the feasibility of asylum procedures in third countries, Faeser said that this was ongoing. “We are examining this and are currently listening to scientists about it. There are experts who believe such a regulation is possible, others say that the legal situation needs to be changed.” The benchmark is human rights, as protected in European law and the German constitution.
When asked where she could imagine such procedures, Faeser said: “For example, in states that are on the route to Western Europe and adhere to constitutional standards.” It is crucial that those affected are safe during the procedures and can be returned to their home countries if they do not need protection.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the heads of government of the federal states agreed in November that the federal government would examine whether asylum procedures were possible outside of Europe. The results of the review are not yet available, but could be discussed at the next meeting of the group next week.