Freiburg (dpa/lsw) – Justice Minister Marion Gentges has rejected an immediate deportation stop for migrants who, under the new federal rules, are likely to have the prospect of staying in Germany. “We have agreed in Baden-Württemberg in the coalition that we will not make an anticipatory decree,” said the CDU politician on Tuesday of the German Press Agency in Freiburg. Nevertheless, it is wrong if the SPD or the Green Youth give the impression that the country is still deporting masses of people who could stay here in a few months because of the new regulations that will then apply. “That simply does not correspond to the facts.”
There is a tension here between the applicable law and the personal hardships for people who will soon be subject to the new legal regulation. “We try to take this into account on a case-by-case basis,” said Gentges. This also corresponds to the intention of the Greens and CDU in the coalition agreement to make it easier for people to stay with sustainable integration.
The state SPD and the Green Youth had called for a decision to stop deportations because of the so-called right of residence, which the federal cabinet had decided in July. The new right of residence should apply to people who have lived in Germany for at least five years as of January 1, 2022 and who are committed to the free democratic basic order. Foreigners who have been living in Germany for years without a secure residence permit are to be given long-term prospects of staying there.
