Joachim Stamp in the “early start”
“Criminals must be deported more consistently”
2/2/2023 9:53 am
The FDP politician Joachim Stamp is supposed to improve immigration to Germany with migration agreements. He wants to do this without repression if possible. He cannot promise rapid improvements in the deportations.
Recruiting workers in a more targeted manner and at the same time ensuring more deportations: That is the job description for Joachim Stamp, the federal government’s new special representative for migration agreements. The FDP politician warns against threatening the countries of origin with the withdrawal of visas or economic aid in order to persuade them to take more returns. “If we appear with the colonial attitude, ‘We here, as strong Europeans, are now showing you how it’s done’, then we often hurt the pride of the population,” said Stamp in ntv’s “Frühstart”. “The politicians there don’t go along with that either.” You have to develop in partnership where the respective interests of both sides lie. “Our interests are above all that those who are dangerous and offenders can be deported more consistently.”
So far, when trying to conclude agreements, the perspective of the countries of origin has not been taken into account enough. For example, it is important to them that those citizens who are in Germany support their home country. For Germany, on the other hand, workers are important. Stamp wants to offer states visas for apprenticeships or jobs. He also called for more engagement in transit countries like Niger. “If they were informed there about what actually awaits them in Europe, many of them might not even set off.”
Stamp acknowledged that there are country-of-origin issues with deportations. “Here, as the federal government, we now want to approach the states differently, agree on migration partnerships in order to get better here.” That doesn’t happen overnight. “I would rather convince with actions than with false announcements.”
However, the FDP politician spoke out in favor of a more precise classification of the number of 304,000 foreigners in Germany who are legally obliged to leave the country. In the case of a migrant who is obliged to leave the country, it is certain that he will not receive a residence permit, “but that does not mean that he can be returned immediately in practice”. Obstacles are, for example, a missing passport, illness or the refusal of the country of origin to take back its own citizens.
Stamp campaigned for the Union to be brought on board when new migration agreements were drawn up. After all, many interior ministries in the federal states are run by CDU and CSU politicians – and in Germany the federal states are responsible for deportations. “It’s no use trying to gain party political ground here, we have to get better at this,” said Stamp.