Based on the British model
Dobrindt calls for a deportation pact with Rwanda
March 1, 2024, 8:34 a.m
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In his search for deportation practices, CSU regional group leader Dobrindt found what he was looking for in Great Britain. He wants to adopt the local plan to deport refugees to Rwanda for Germany. However, it is revealed in London that this deal costs much more than originally claimed.
In the fight against smuggling gangs and illegal migration, the CSU is calling for an asylum pact with the East African country of Rwanda in the Bundestag. “In Rwanda, asylum procedures could be carried out according to our standards, people will be appropriately accommodated and cared for on site,” said CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt to the “Münchner Merkur”. “Organizationally, politically and socially, Rwanda is capable of a third-country agreement and the government there wants to conclude such an agreement with us.” He held talks with the government and visited a UN refugee camp near the capital Kigali.
The chairman of the CSU MPs in the Bundestag called for refugees to be specifically brought into the country instead of caring for them in Europe or North Africa. “People who are stranded in North Africa while fleeing could be brought to Rwanda instead of being lured to the Mediterranean by smugglers at the risk of their lives. People who arrive here can also be taken to a third country such as Rwanda to process their asylum procedure. ”
Dobrindt reiterated that the goal must be to carry out asylum procedures and protection in third countries outside the EU. “Protection through Europe does not have to mean protection in Europe,” said the CSU politician. “England and Denmark are preparing this with Rwanda, Italy is taking this route with Albania.” The conservative British government wants to deter migrants with strict laws and deport those who have entered the country illegally to Rwanda without taking personal circumstances into account.
According to the Court of Auditors, this project will cost British taxpayers up to half a billion pounds (584 million euros). This is significantly more than was previously known. The Conservative government had so far confirmed costs of £290 million, but refused to say how much more money London had promised Rwanda.
Deportation flights cost £11,000 per person
As the Court of Auditors determined, London will pay Kigali £50 million each in addition to the £290 million already paid this year and in 2025 and 2026. Once the first 300 migrants arrive in Rwanda, a further £120 million will be due. For each asylum seeker, an additional £150,000 is charged for accommodation, food, training and healthcare. This includes £11,000 in flight costs per person. £12.6 million is earmarked for training security forces to start with and £1 million a year thereafter.
Dobrindt said for Germany that the plan was also to break the logic of the smugglers, “who promise access to the German social system for a payment of 10,000 euros. Hardly anyone will be willing to pay that much money if they do knows that his accommodation will then take place in a third country outside Europe.” And if that stops people from attempting the life-threatening crossings across the Mediterranean, “there is another humanitarian aspect to it.”