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Saxony wants to make it easier for migrants to settle into their new home. On Thursday, the state parliament in Dresden passed an integration and participation law. Social Affairs Minister Petra Köpping (SPD) spoke of a milestone on the way to a soci ..
In the first quarter, 277 people were deported from Saxony, an increase compared to the previous year. The main countries of destination were Georgia, North Macedonia, Tunisia, Turkey and Serbia.
The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) is calling for close monitoring of the integration of refugees. She expects Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer (CDU) and the other heads of the federal states to exert pressure in Berlin, Wagenknecht told the German Press Agency in Dresden on Monday. ..
Last year, 2548 people were naturalized in Saxony, more than in the previous year. The naturalization ceremony in Dresden's state parliament honours their integration achievements.
The Saxon Refugee Council is concerned about the fate of a Russian living in Dresden. The brother of a dissident is threatened with deportation from the Free State, the association announced in Dresden on Thursday. A return to Russia seems just as impossible for him as a new life in Poland, where he ..
In a Bundestag debate on the police crime statistics for 2023, Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster called for more deportations at German borders. "We want to integrate sensibly", said the CDU politician on Wednesday in Berlin during a topical debate requested by the CDU/CSU. However, if too m ..
Geert Mackenroth supports employment agency approach and Saxon integration law
Vehicles from Ukraine can still be used in Saxony with a domestic registration. A special rule to this effect has been extended.
Dresden's local parliament has decided on a municipal payment card for asylum seekers - at the request of the AfD. The mayor wants to reverse the decision.
Asylum seekers in the Vogtland district will receive payment cards instead of cash from April to prevent misuse. District office orders 800 cards.
From April, asylum seekers in the Vogtland district will receive a payment card instead of cash. As the district administration office in Plauen announced on Wednesday, this is intended to counter possible misuse and the outflow of money to the countries of origin. In future, each asylum seeker will ..
CDU Chairman Friedrich Merz criticizes approval of AfD motion in Dresden. Promises broken. Talks planned with those affected.
With votes from the CDU parliamentary group, the Dresden City Council decided on Thursday evening to introduce a payment card for asylum seekers - thus supporting an AfD proposal.
Migration is an ongoing issue in Saxony - and not just due to the state's border location. The Saxon Minister of Social Affairs is tireless in her efforts to appeal to a sense of community.
Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster is considering turning back migrants who have already applied for asylum in another EU country at the border. "If we are heading for arrivals like last year or more, then I would call on the federal government to make use of paragraph 18, section 2 of the As ..
The Saxon Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IHK) and the Saxon Transport Industry Association (LSN) have warned the Federal Minister of Transport, Volker Wissing (FDP), of a collapse in the freight forwarding industry. In a joint letter to the transport minister on Thursday, they stated that the tr ..
Many young refugees who arrive in Bavaria have barely attended school so far. The Ministry of Education now wants to offer them prospects with a new educational program.
The announcement from the Saale-Orla district of Thuringia that it intends to oblige refugees to work has caused a stir. However, the offer of work opportunities has been around for a long time.
Michael Kretschmer (CDU), Minister-President of Saxony, links the planned cross-party commission "Managing migration, protecting humanity" with progress in asylum policy. The commission must have neither blinkers nor bans on thinking and must also discuss an amendment to the Basic Law or cuts in ben ..
Dresden is expecting up to 2,200 more refugees, is planning new accommodation and is looking for volunteers to look after them.
The payment card for refugees and new job opportunities will ease the burden on local authorities - that is the view of Saxony's Commissioner for Foreigners. Criticism comes from the Left Party.
Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer calls for a limit of 50,000-60,000 refugees per year and more consistent deportations.
In April, a pilot project for the gradual introduction of a payment card for refugees will start in Saxony's rural districts.
Saxony's Minister of Social Affairs, Petra Köpping, emphasizes the importance of psychosocial care for traumatized refugees and praises the work of the psychosocial centers.
Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer (CDU) has welcomed the agreement reached by the traffic light coalition on payment cards for asylum seekers in principle. Now it depends on the exact details, he said in an initial reaction to the German Press Agency in Chemnitz. The payment card is imp ..
Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer (CDU) has welcomed the agreement reached by the traffic light coalition on payment cards for asylum seekers in principle. Now it depends on the exact details, he said in an initial reaction to the German Press Agency in Chemnitz. The payment card is imp ..
CDU leader Friedrich Merz warns of a 'decline of Germany' due to a further strengthening of the AfD and presents the party's new basic program.
The district of Bautzen is planning charitable activities for refugees. Pilot project in preparation since January. Repatriation Improvement Act enables work opportunities. Saxon County Council welcomes law, Refugee Council critical.
Despite the imminent loss of around ten million 1&1 customers, O2 is optimistic about the future and plans further growth.
Around 160,000 people from Ukraine currently live in Bavaria. The Federal Statistical Office put the number at 168,000 on Thursday as of October 2023. In 2023, the overall influx to Germany had slowed significantly compared to 2022.This means that Bavaria is home to the second-highest number of refu ..
The payment card for asylum seekers is controversial. Berlin's head of government considers the dispute in the traffic light coalition about it to be unhelpful. He would prefer a nationwide solution.
In Saxony, the proportion of Ukrainians in the total population last year was 1.4 percent, according to a statement from the Federal Statistical Office.
Views on payment cards for asylum seekers differ within the traffic light coalition. And this is also a contentious issue in Saxony. According to the Greens, there is no reason for a row.
The CDU parliamentary group in the Saxon state parliament accuses the Greens at federal level of torpedoing a nationwide solution for the introduction of a payment card for refugees. This would lead to an aberration in migration policy and endanger social peace.
Many refugees want to work as quickly as possible, but have to fulfill conditions to do so. In the opinion of potential employers, this is happening far too slowly.
Controls at the land borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland will be extended until mid-June. The Federal Ministry of the Interior has notified the European Commission of the extension, as the ministry announced in Berlin on Saturday. Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) explained the extensi ..
The Left Party in the Saxon state parliament wants to introduce a binding regulation for the hardship commission for asylum seekers in order to restrict the Ministry of the Interior.
91 rejected asylum seekers from North Macedonia and Serbia have been deported from Halle/Leipzig Airport
Last year, more refugees arrived in Saxony than in 2022. The numbers of deportations and voluntary departures also increased.
Saxon Interior Minister Armin Schuster is sceptical about the effectiveness of the new law on deportations. This "will tie our hands even more, and we will move even further away from the repatriation offensive announced by the Federal Chancellor", the CDU politician told the Bild newspaper (Saturda ..
Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) has announced opposition to the new federal law on the faster deportation of rejected asylum seekers.
People have once again demonstrated against right-wing extremism in several Saxon cities. In Bautzen, for example, around 1,500 people attended a rally on the main market square on Saturday, followed by a parade, according to the police. Under the title "Protect democracy - fight AfD & right-win ..
The Johanniter aid organization in Saxony is training migrants to become rescue assistants. "We offer this special qualification for refugees in the care and rescue services," explained coordinator Antje Zajonz in Leipzig on Friday. The entry level is particularly low - participants basically only n ..
The district of Bautzen is planning to introduce a payment card for refugees, which will be ready for use from April 1. This will replace the previous account or cash payment system.
The Saxon districts are examining the introduction of a joint payment card for refugees. This is intended as an interim solution until a joint solution across the federal states is found, said Veronika Müller, deputy managing director of the Saxon Association of Counties, on Wednesday in response to ..
The planned Integration and Participation Act has met with both approval and criticism at a hearing in the state parliament's social affairs committee. The Saxon Association of Towns and Municipalities (SSG) described the government's draft law on Monday as "yet another example of state over-regulat ..
The city of Dresden is expecting additional expenditure of around 82 million euros in the coming year as a result of increased refugee numbers. However, the state capital does not have to bear this sum alone, as it will also receive transfers from the state of Saxony. Up to 46.8 million euros will b ..
The Federal Police detected significantly more unauthorized entries in Saxony in 2023 than in the previous year. Up to and including November, 29,264 people arrived in the Free State without valid documents to cross the border.
In 2023, more refugees came to Germany than at any time for years. Many local authorities feel they have reached a limit in terms of accommodation. There are also calls for better distribution.
The stationary controls at the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland, which were first ordered in mid-October, are to be continued until at least March 15 of next year. The Federal Ministry of the Interior announced on Friday that the controls would be continued in order to combat ..
The Saxon Minister of Culture, Christian Piwarz (CDU), believes that schools in the Free State are reaching their limits due to the high number of children and young people with foreign roots. Integration work in a class can only be achieved up to a proportion of around 30 percent of pupils with a m ..
Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser has announced that border controls with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland will be extended beyond December 15 for at least two months.
Dozens of Saxon associations and organizations have spoken out in favour of a significant expansion of funding programmes for integration work. The financial resources are a pillar for civil society involvement in the area of refugees and migration.
The number of unauthorized entries into Germany fell sharply in November compared to the previous month. According to an answer from the Federal Government to a question from MP Clara Bünger (Left Party), the Federal Police apprehended a total of 4,353 foreigners entering Germany without authorizati ..
Saxony's government, together with the churches, has called for refugees to be treated with dignity. The principle of charity and lived responsibility is an essential cement of society, said Minister President Michael Kretschmer (CDU) on Tuesday after a cabinet meeting with the Bishop of the Diocese ..
Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) is extending border controls with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland until December 15. This is to be reported to the EU Commission in Brussels shortly, a spokesperson said in Berlin on Monday. It is assumed that the controls, particularly ..
Saxony wants to improve the integration and participation of migrants and has approved a corresponding draft in the cabinet. This is now to be discussed in the state parliament, said Saxony's Minister of Social Affairs Petra Köpping on Tuesday in Dresden. The SPD politician was optimistic that the S ..
From February to September, the number of unauthorized entries into Germany rose steadily. The Federal Police have new figures for October that point in a different direction.
The heads of the eastern German states meet for a special conference in Brussels to discuss irregular migration and securing skilled workers.
The stationary controls at the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland will be extended by a further 20 days on Wednesday. Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) informed the EU Commission of this on Tuesday. According to her ministry, the federal police have apprehended ..
Eleven young people who have immigrated to Germany receive a three-year start-up scholarship in Saxony to play an active role in shaping society.
Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer has criticized the results of the federal-state negotiations on migration as disappointing. Many points had been watered down by the federal government, the CDU politician said in Dresden on Tuesday. Nevertheless, the final decision was important as a f ..
Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer has called for a cross-party solution to the problems of the federal states and municipalities on the subject of migration, but has expressed skepticism about the proposals of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's (SPD) "traffic light" coalition. "The horizon of exp ..
The eastern German states are already cooperating in the fight against right-wing extremism - now cooperation is to be intensified. There is also agreement on the topics of migration and anti-Semitism.
The youth and family ministers of the federal states are demanding more money from the federal government for unaccompanied minor refugees. The federal government should contribute at least half of the costs for care and support, Saxony's Ministry of Social Affairs announced on Friday. The funds sho ..
Ahead of the Minister Presidents' Conference next Monday, Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer has called for a package of measures to limit migration. "We need to know what number we want to achieve. Once we know that, we will introduce the measures," said the CDU politician on Friday on ..
Refugees can legally defend themselves against a rejection of their asylum application. After a decline, the number of appeals to administrative courts is now on the rise again - the judiciary is assuming a clear trend.
The federal police have caught three smugglers of refugees red-handed in the district of Görlitz. The two men from Ukraine and an Uzbek were deported to Poland and banned from entering the country for four years, the Ludwigsdorf federal police station announced Monday. A 29-year-old Ukrainian and th ..
Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) wants to enter the state parliament in 2024 and is also focusing on the topic of migration. "Humanity and order is the goal in flight and migration, but not a naive multicultural policy," he declared according to a statement on Sunday when he was elect ..
Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) supports the proposal by FDP federal ministers to cut social benefits for asylum seekers. "We know that social standards are also a major reason for illegal migration to Germany," Kretschmer said Saturday. "These are the wrong rules for a country of i ..
Federal Interior Ministry Nancy Faeser wants to extend the stationary controls at the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland for another twenty days. The SPD politician said on Wednesday in Berlin.Faeser had registered the fixed controls on October 16 for an initial ten days with th ..
A suspected smuggler from Belarus has been remanded in custody in Saxony. As the Berggießhübel Federal Police Inspectorate announced on Monday, the 25-year-old is alleged to have been at the wheel of an escort vehicle during a smuggling of refugees on September 13 this year. At that time, federal po ..
Statements by Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer on the quality of education in the Free State have been sharply criticized by the SPD.
Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer has called for a significant reduction in the number of refugees coming to Germany. He spoke out in favor of limiting family reunification, reducing social benefits for rejected asylum seekers and continuing border controls.
Federal police pulled a Serbian camper out of circulation on Thursday at the Altstadtbrücke bridge in Görlitz. The driver, a 46-year-old Serb, wanted to bring nine people illegally to Germany in the camper, according to the Ludwigsdorf federal police station.He was temporarily detained, he is suspec ..
21 rejected asylum seekers were deported to Tunisia from Leipzig-Halle Airport, including seven convicted criminals.
The federal police in eastern Saxony have warned citizens against driving refugees across the border in their cars.
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) has again called for a "critical stocktaking" of benefits for asylum seekers. Citizens rightly expect us to return to management and control. In fact, however, he said, the key issue for people is not whether the federal government or the states provide funding, but that the numbers are reduced overall.
The freight transport industry is critical of the new fixed controls on the border with Poland. The border has "a high volume of traffic, both from commercial transports and commuter traffic," a spokeswoman for the German Road Haulage, Logistics and Waste Management Association (BGL) said Tuesday. F ..
First detections of illegally entered migrants at the stationary border controls on highway 17
The German Police Union (GdP) criticizes the way the current border controls with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland are carried out.
The federal police have begun stationary border controls in Saxony at the borders with Poland and the Czech Republic. Travelers must prepare for more intensive controls.
Following the U-turn by Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) on the issue of stationary border controls, the Federal Police is prepared at the Saxon borders with Poland and the Czech Republic.
Intensified dragnets, selective controls at the borders - for a long time, the Federal Minister of the Interior has resisted ordering stationary controls at additional border sections. Now the decision has been made.
Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer has once again spoken out in favor of an upper limit on immigration and called for a turnaround in migration policy.
Right-wing extremist party calls for demonstration at German-Czech border
Saxony's Social Affairs Minister Petra Köpping is calling for the establishment of an 'Asylum Steering Committee' to deal with the rising numbers of refugees.
State government leaders have agreed that payment cards for refugees should be introduced, according to Saxony's Premier Michael Kretschmer. "It is important that we do not work with cash, but with benefits in kind," said the CDU politician on Friday in Frankfurt am Main. The state premiers met ther ..
Migration is an ancient mechanism of human development. Triggers and drivers of migration movements are poverty, famine and droughts, wars, revolutions and genocide. Immigration into our social systems plays a minor role. But abuse of temporary identity documents should be prevented.
Every day, people arrive in Saxony who have fled their homeland. Many of them are children or young people who are on their own. The Ministry of Social Affairs, the Association of Towns and Municipalities and the Association of Counties have now jointly addressed the federal government with demands.
Saxony's head of government, Kretschmer, travels to the Conference of Minister Presidents in Frankfurt am Main with a demand for a stricter refugee policy. Among other things, he is calling for payment cards for asylum seekers.
Saxon and Bavarian Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IHK) have warned the federal authorities of the consequences of the discussed stationary border controls at the border to Poland and the Czech Republic.
During a trip through the Czech Republic, smugglers try to transport 41 refugees from Syria in the hold of a van. However, the journey ends when the van breaks down with engine damage. The refugees try to flee, but are intercepted by the police. The smugglers manage to escape.
Saxony is reaching its limits when it comes to accommodating asylum seekers. A desperate search is underway to expand capacity. More tents and containers are also being considered.
Saxony is reaching its limits when it comes to accommodating asylum seekers. A desperate search is underway to expand capacity. More tents and containers are also being considered.
Federal police have apprehended ten refugees and arrested two smugglers in Bautzen within two days. According to police on Wednesday, officers controlled five people near a supermarket in Bautzen on Tuesday night following a tip-off. It is said to have been a 40-year-old Syrian, a 34-year-old Turkis ..
The rising number of asylum seekers is posing considerable problems for local authorities, says Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer.
The police union supports Germany's joint action with Poland and the Czech Republic in the fight against smugglers.
A minor and her family who were wrongly deported to Albania from Central Saxony can return to Germany. Although the legal examination of the case is not yet completed, informed Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) on Friday. However, the deportation in mid-September took place although there was a ..
Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) has highlighted the efforts of the state police to curb illegal migration. Since the beginning of September, the police in the border area weekly 10 to 12 smugglers as well as around 400 people caught illegally crossing the border, said the CDU politic ..