According to estimates by the Catholic Church, about half of the parishes do not comply with the so-called ecclesiastical asylum Federal office for migration and refugees (Bamf) agreed rules. In 2017, only about half of all ecclesiastical asylum cases submitted a file to the authorities, said the head of the Berlin office of the German bishops' conference, Prelate Karl Jüsten, the newspaper The world, This is & # 39; sorry & # 39 ;, said Jüsten.
That the conditions of many communities are not met, goes
loud world also from data from the Ministry of the Interior of Lower Saxony
out. The Authority therefore has comparable numbers as the
Catholic Church,
In 2015, the large churches and the Bamf agreed that the state would do so sanctuary accepts and controls the respective
Cases is ready, as the municipalities file the office to the
File backgrounds of each case and one each
contact the church. The Bamf sees the shortage as problematic.
The church institution has a tradition in many countries of the world, in Germany since the 1980s: churches use their special status and give conviction migrants protection in their own buildings, where a deportation threatens – sometimes for months or even years. In the period from 1 January 2017 to 30 June 2018, the Bamf registered 2,533 cases of ecclesiastical asylum for a total of 3481 persons.
Seehofer punishes the lack of cooperation with Bamf
Since 1 August 2018, a decree of the Federal Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer (CSU) and his compatriots punishes communities that do not cooperate. To the transfer of an asylum seeker in the respective
Effectively preventing the EU asylum, they no longer need the asylum for six, but for a maximum of 18 years
Give months. The deadline is also extended if a municipality cooperates, but in the case of a negative file investigation by the Bamf, the church asylum does not cancel.
In the light of the new decree, Jüsten invited the communities to cooperate with the Bamf. "The parishes and religious communities have done well to contact each ecclesiastical asylum case and submit a dossier," Jüsten said. This is "not least in the interest of the person seeking protection".
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