Thursday, April 4, 2019

The Lack of a German Asylum 'Path'

You can go back to 2013, when all the asylum and migration 'troubles' started in Germany, and virtually every part of the problem relates to no clear 'path' (policy).  Even going into the sixth year of this....the CDU-CSU-SPD coalition stumbles along and cannot find a policy that is mutually agreeable.

In the news this morning, if you follow German public TV, there was a meeting last evening between Chancellor Merkel and the various 'players' of the CDU, CSU and SPD parties.  The topic?  Deportation policies and the ease of skilled-labor immigration.  Yes, you'd think that various policies would have existed over the past three decades for both situations, but no.....they need to invent an agreeable policy.

If you read through everything....the CDU-CSU crowd wants a strict policy on deportation.  If you get the papers to deport, and aren't agreeable to deportation.....then they'd like to put you into a special circumstance, or a controlled atmosphere.  The SPD?  They oppose that method because in various ways, you are punishing the asylum requestor. 

You would think, that the minute that you failed the visa process....the title or wording for asylum requester....ought to end.  At that moment, you ought to be called a deportee. 

The second topic concerned skilled or educated folks, who want an entirely different path into Germany.  Most German companies will say in public statements that they need this type of doorway to exist.  The chief problem?  If you watch enough of the interviews and chats, it comes down to what types of skills or education you are talking about, and if you are arranging the door for certain nationalities that will gain favor over other nationalities.

An example of this.....there are a fair number of Russians who have a degree in science or engineering, and they'd like to resettle into Germany.  Finding the same number from Middle Eastern countries?  Not quiet as much.  The same might be said for people from India....that they might have a plus-up chance to enter. 

So the political folks argue over this, and how to meet in some common ground is virtually impossible. 

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