HOW HAS THE ASYLUM POLICY CHANGED IN GERMANY? Engin Erkiner
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HOW HAS THE ASYLUM POLICY CHANGED IN GERMANY? Engin Erkiner
The asylum policy has been reversed in Germany, which opened its doors to approximately one million Syrians who came via Turkey and crossed European countries on foot about ten years ago. It is discussed that those who apply for asylum should be kept waiting in a distant country, as the UK does.
The deportation of refugee applicants has been made easier .
The reasons for the change can be listed as follows.
First; Germany needed low-quality labor. This has been met, there is no need for new ones. The country needs qualified labor in every field. Doctors and nurses who come from Turkey in large numbers are easily given residence and work permits.
Second; Most of the Syrian refugees who entered the country easily in 2015 brought their families with them. The influx of refugees continued in the following years. Syrians, Turks, Kurds and Albanians were in the first three rows.
Thirdly; The Ukrainian war changed the conditions in Germany.
More than a million Ukrainians came to this country, settling without applying for asylum. They started to receive leave and social assistance. The rise of objections about the preferential treatment given to Ukrainians is just beginning. When another million refugees arrived in the country in a short time, there was no shortage of civil servants for administrative procedures or money for social aid.
Fourthly; Due to the Ukraine war, Germany reduced its purchases of cheap oil and natural gas from Russia and started purchasing them from other countries at higher prices. Inflation has increased in the country.
Unlike ten years ago, many old refugees/immigrants do not want new ones to come. They see the new ones as competitors in the job market, and they are not wrong about this.
About ten years ago, many When Syrians entered the country, there was even a discussion: "Let's give them refugee passports immediately, let's not deal with bureaucratic procedures."
These are left behind.
Asylum policy in Germany is regulated according to need. Low-educated people are no longer needed, and qualified workers do not need to seek asylum to obtain a residence and work permit.
