Friday, June 21, 2024
Islamabad (Urdu Point. DW Urdu. June 21, 2024) German Chancellor Olaf Schulz has assured the country's state leaders that the process of reviewing refugee procedures in third countries has been initiated. Will continue.
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"There is a strong consensus to continue this process," Schulz said after a meeting with state prime ministers in Berlin on Thursday evening.
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What procedures are being reviewed to deal with refugees?
Ahead of Thursday's meeting, German state leaders called for a review of "concrete models" for finding procedures for third-country refugees.
That is why the Ministry of Home Affairs consulted experts on how to assess the claims of asylum seekers in third countries.
Just as the UK has a refugee deal with Rwanda and Italy with Albania, Germany has begun to consider asylum procedures based on projects. However, the majority of experts have expressed doubts about Germany's transfer of refugees to third countries, pointing to major legal and practical obstacles.
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German chancellor Schulz says he does not want to speculate on which model could be used for Germany. However, he said that now it will be examined more "with deliberation".
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Interior Minister Nancy Fesser says the procedure for processing asylum claims within a third country could prove to be a "building block" in German migration policy.
However, he added that this would not fundamentally change the migration situation in Germany, nor would it affect the number of people seeking asylum in the country.
It is not yet clear whether any country is willing to accept the asylum seekers in Germany.
What do the state rulers say?
Lower Saxony Prime Minister Stefan Weil, from Chancellor Schulz's moderate Social Democrats, remained skeptical about outsourcing the processing of asylum applications.
"A whole series of questions" has arisen during expert discussions, he said. He also advised caution to all those who believe that such investigations should lead to positive results.
On the other hand, Boris Rhine, a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union and state premier of Hesse, believes that the federal and state governments will not simply "stop at expert opinions" but now "models and concrete proposals for implementation". ' will also present.
Rein is optimistic that a workable approach for Germany could emerge, which would be a "milestone".
(AFP, DPA)
