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January 31, 2024, 2:26 a.m
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Chancellor Scholz announced deportations “on a large scale” in a memorable “Spiegel” interview. SPD leader Klingbeil sees it as the federal states’ turn to implement the plan. At the same time, Germany must be able to be attractive to skilled workers.
SPD party leader Lars Klingbeil has called on the states to implement the deportation offensive desired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz. “The federal states now have the options – and they have to use them,” said Klingbeil to the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung”. “The state must function when it comes to repatriating people who cannot stay with us.” Scholz said in a “Spiegel” interview in autumn 2023: “We finally have to deport on a large scale those who have no right to stay in Germany.”
An extension of exit custody should prevent deportations from failing at the last moment in the future. After a long tug of war in the coalition, the Bundestag passed a corresponding law two weeks ago with a majority of the traffic light – some Green MPs voted against it. The law provides for procedural simplifications and tightened rules to make it easier to deport foreigners who are required to leave the country.
Ukrainians should learn German faster
However, Germany must “get better in all directions” when it comes to migration, emphasized Klingbeil. Also when it comes to accepting people, integrating them and putting them into work. “We need skilled workers from abroad so that we remain a strong country. This also includes a welcoming culture.”
With a view to the low employment rate of Ukrainian refugees compared to the EU, Klingbeil put pressure on: “Anyone who is here should learn German and work as quickly as possible,” said the SPD co-chairman. To this end, Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil launched a “job turbo”. The aim of the program is to place refugees more quickly in jobs that match their qualifications. Regarding the now controversial citizen’s benefit for refugees from Ukraine, which is higher than benefits for asylum seekers, Klingbeil said: “It was absolutely right to help people from Ukraine who fled the war quickly and easily. We This has also greatly relieved the burden on immigration authorities and municipalities.”