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The right of asylum for victims of political persecution is a basic right stipulated in the Constitution of Germany.In a wider sense, the right of asylum recognises the definition of 'refugee' as established in the 1951 Refugee Convention and is understood to protect asylum seekers from deportation and grant them certain protections under the law.
Aerial photography of the "Südkaserne" in Nuremberg, Germany. The Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, BAMF) is a German federal agency under the responsibility of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. It is located in the former Südkaserne (South Barracks) in Nuremberg. It is the central ...
This includes the introduction of particular registration facilities (BAE) for certain refugee groups, provided that their asylum requests are accepted within three weeks, including provision for possible appeal against the decision of BAMF (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in Germany) in court. [21] The law was due to be enacted by ...
German asylum law is based on the 1993 amendment of article 16a of the Basic Law as well as on the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees. In accordance with the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees , Germany grants refugee status to persons that are facing prosecution because of their race, religion ...
The Federal Law on Refugees and Exiles (German: Gesetz über die Angelegenheiten der Vertriebenen und Flüchtlinge, lit. 'Law on the affairs of the expellees and refugees'; abbr. Bundesvertriebenengesetz, BVFG) is a federal law passed by the Federal Republic of Germany on 19 May 1953 to regulate the legal situation of ethnic German refugees and expellees who fled or were expelled after World ...
In the 1990s, refugees from the Yugoslav Wars sought asylum in Europe in large numbers. [97] In the 2010s, millions fled to Europe from wars in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. More than 34,000 migrants and refugees have died trying to get to Europe since 1993, most often due to capsizing while trying to cross the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas. [98]
A waiting room at the Berlin Immigration Office. The LEA is responsible for migration documents, refugees and asylum, foreign students, deportation, and as of 2024, granting German citizenship. [3] It has seven divisions and 33 subdivisions as of 2024, [10] compared with six divisions and 25 subdivisions as of 2021. [11]
Residenzpflicht (German for mandatory residence) is a legal requirement affecting foreigners living in Germany, more specifically applicants for refugee status (Asylbewerber) or those who have been given a temporary stay of deportation (Geduldete).