Migration debate in the election campaign: change of direction in politics?

Migration debate in the election campaign: change of direction in politics?

On Monday, January 13, 2025, the program "Hart but fair" will be broadcast live from Berlin. The central theme of the discussion round is the migration debate in the context of the ongoing campaign. The guests include prominent representatives from politics and society, including Jens Spahn (CDU, deputy group leader), Katrin Göring-Eckardt (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Vice President of the German Bundestag) as well as Nahla Osman, lawyer and chair of the German-Syrian Association Association. Other discussants are Christoph Schwennicke (member of the editor-in-chief at "T-Online"), Tanja Schweiger (Free Voters, District of the district of Regensburg), Frank Bräutigam (ARD law expert) and Bardia Razavi (lawyer and judge with German and Iranian citizenship).

According to a current survey by the Germany trend, Germans consider the topic of flight and immigration to the most important political concern. The Federal Office of Migration also reported a decline in asylum applications by almost 30 percent for 2024. In the discussion, the need for a harder migration policy is also discussed as required by the Union parties. In addition, the question arises whether people with a double passport should be revoked German citizenship. For more information and contact options for the broadcast, interested parties can visit the "Hart but fair" platform at www.hartaberfair.de .

background to migration policy

The federal government's migration policy is also shaped by tragic incidents. After a fatal knife attack in Solingen, which was carried out by a Syrian suspect and was presumably motivated, tightening in asylum law is planned. As the Federal Center for Political Education , asylum seekers who have already been registered in another EU country should not receive any services in the future. In addition, a task force from the federal and state governments is being set up, which is supposed to take care of the return of Dublin cases.

The incident in Solingen, in which a 26-year-old Syrian specifically asked visitors and three fatalities and eight injuries during a city festival, has sparked a debate about the security situation in Germany and the challenges of asylum policy. The suspect had entered Germany in 2022 and had submitted an asylum application whose examination had been rejected in Bulgaria due to his previous registration. These developments underline the current challenges in migration policy and the ongoing discussions about asylum and integration in Germany.

-transmitted by West-Ost-media