Asylum workers criticize the Faeser paper: "I doubt that many refugees in the district will benefit from this"
Erstellt: 20.06.2022Aktualisiert: 20.06.2022, 18:08 Uhr
By: Thomas Zimmerly
Not entirely happy with the draft law: asylum worker Peter Barth and his protégé Samba Gey.
I doubt that many refugees in the Dachau district will benefit from this.
Refugee helper Peter Barth © DN archive
The Federal Government would like to grant a right of residence to tolerated asylum seekers who have been living with us for more than five years.
The Hebertshausen asylum helper Peter Barth and District Administrator Stefan Löwl are clearly critical of the draft law by Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser.
Dachau-Before the summer break, the so-called opportunities for opportunities by Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) should make their way into the cabinet.
The core of this reform: Anyone who has only been living in Germany with a Duldung for at least five years by the deadline of January 1, 2022 should soon be able to get a residence permit.
Asylum workers from the district of Dachau criticizes the right of residence – concerns about the requirements
However, the new regulation is linked to requirements.
And according to Peter Barth, coordinator of the Asylum Hebertshausen helpers' group, they have it all.
"These prerequisites are not easy to meet," said Barth, "I doubt that many refugees in the Dachau district will benefit from it."
In the main, there are four requirements: sufficient language skills, proof of identity, commitment to the free democratic basic order of the Federal Republic of Germany and securing a living.
Peter Barth (75), who has been tirelessly taking refugees under his wing since 2013, sees things through the eyes of a practitioner.
And that's where the Faeser paper comes off badly.
Language skills:
Theoretically, the tolerated would only have to master enough German to "be able to hold simple conversations," says Barth, but he asks: How does the language skills have to be proven?
Do you need certificates?
certificates?
On the subject of proof of identity:
The proposal by the Federal Ministry of the Interior does not actually offer a right to stay.
According to the federal government's coalition agreement, those who have been tolerated should initially only receive a one-year probationary residence permit in order to meet the other requirements for a right to stay during this time.
"It won't be possible to obtain a passport in some cases, even after a year," says Barth. And what then?
The asylum helper names the case of Samba Gey as an example.
The Malian, who works as an assistant at the Polz bakery in Ampermoching, has been doing a lot for months to get a passport.
But he just can't stand up to the corrupt authorities in his home country, says Barth.
Gey recently sent money to Africa again - without success.
On the point
of commitment to the free democratic basic order
, Barth still has concerns: “Is it enough to issue a declaration of loyalty or is there an examination?” If he sums up all the points, he can imagine that the already stressed immigration authorities are very restrictive when it comes to residence permits.
"They don't always show goodwill," says Barth, who fears "ideological decisions" to the detriment of his protégés.
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District administrator Stefan Löwl criticizes Nancy Faeser's new draft asylum law
District Administrator Stefan Löwl welcomes the planned right to stay.
"This creates a perspective for many today, or only individual cases of integrated and competitive, but actually rejected and obliged asylum seekers."
Löwl also sees the tenure as positive, "with a view to the massive shortage of skilled workers as well as the general shortage of workers".
The district administrator also sees an "increase in Germany's attractiveness as an immigration destination for foreign skilled workers".
But Löwl also criticizes the Faeser draft.
For example, it offers few practicable solutions for better enforcement of existing departure obligations and no practicable answers to the question of how to deal with people who do not take their chance because they failed to meet the existing requirements.
"Even if the right of residence offers new or at least simpler or legally secure solutions in some cases and shortens waiting periods, existing problems such as proof of identity or failing professional tests and proof of language skills still remain unresolved," says Löwl, summarizing his concerns .
"Not a single one has a chance of a right to stay": Asylum worker Barth on his protégés
Finally, Barth gives specific figures.
At the end of last year, around 242,000 tolerated people lived in Germany.
Only about 104,000 have been in Germany for more than five years.
The law does not apply to 88,200.
They haven't been there long enough.
In the Dachau district, 300 to 400 people have tolerated.
Perhaps five of them would be able to enjoy a residence permit, Barth said.
I look after nine of them personally.
None of these people has a chance of the right to stay. "
By the way: everything from the region is also available in our regular Dachau newsletter.
You can find more current news from the district of Dachau at Merkur.de/Dachau.
