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"Migration policy has changed", Germany will limit family reunification

2025-05-26 12:22:40Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"Migration policy has changed", Germany will limit family
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German Interior Minister Dobrindt plans to suspend family reunification for some refugees for two years. Dobrindt added that it must be made clear that Germany's migration policy has changed.

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) plans to submit a bill to the cabinet on Wednesday to restrict family reunification for certain categories of refugees. The Interior Ministry confirmed to the German news agency dpa (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) a report on the matter published by the Bild am Sonntag newspaper.

As agreed in the coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and the SPD, refugees with limited status will not be allowed to bring their family members to Germany for two years. This excludes extremely serious cases.

Currently, as part of family reunification, 1,000 refugee family members are allowed to come to Germany every month, even if these refugees do not have permanent residence in Germany, but rather a subsidiary protection status. This protection applies when a person is not accepted as a refugee, but faces serious danger in his country of origin. Dobrindti added that it should be made clear that migration policy in Germany has changed.

"So far, 1,000 people have been accepted into Germany per month. Now that is coming to an end," Dobrindti told the Bild newspaper.

"We need to significantly reduce the pull factors towards Germany. In this way, we also demonstrate that migration policy in Germany has changed."

Family reunification possible since 2018

Family reunification for refugees without asylum status was suspended between March 2016 and July 2018 by the coalition between the conservatives (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD). The reason given at the time was to avoid overloading the reception and integration process. Since August 2018, a number of 1,000 people per month have been allowed to enter Germany as family members of people with this protection status.

Protest by non-governmental organizations

The 2021 coalition agreement between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP actually stipulated that family reunification would be possible again without restrictions for people in this group. However, this plan was never implemented. More than 30 non-governmental organizations have called on the federal government to abandon plans to restrict family reunification for refugees and instead expand it./ DW


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