“The majority of people who come to us have the opportunity to stay – whether due to asylum or the Geneva Refugee Convention,” Weil told the “Tagesspiegel” (Sunday edition). “More returns are failing not because the laws are too lax, but because many countries of origin are not taking their citizens back or we don’t even know which country they actually come from,” the politician said. SPD.
“We need to say it clearly and not raise excessive expectations. » In doing so, Weil distances himself from calls by Chancellor Olaf Scholz (also SPD) for “large-scale” evictions. Scholz asked for this in the news magazine “Spiegel”. Instead, Weil demanded of the federal government: “The federal government must first of all agree on large-scale repatriation agreements. Then we can significantly increase the number of repatriations.” Weil called for an honest debate on asylum policy before the prime minister’s conference on Monday. “The immigration issue cannot be solved with the snap of a finger and there is no panacea. In Germany we cannot solve everything ourselves,” said the politician from SPD. “I therefore very much hope that we will reach a European compromise on asylum this year. » But Germany must also do better on border security, support for municipalities and returns, Weil said. People with no prospect of staying should not be able to enter Germany. “We need significantly better security at the EU’s external borders. It is necessary to check at the border or near the border whether a person has the possibility of staying,” Weil said. “If you’ve ever been rejected, you need to say: Sorry, please come right back.” The exceptions are completely new grounds for asylum. Weil also believes that asylum procedures in transit countries are possible. “Canada is doing something like this,” Weil said.
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