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Authorities warn against increasing influx of recognized refugees from Greece
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Greater influx of recognized refugees from Greece expected
Since June 1, the Greek government has been implementing a regulation that allows recognized refugees to leave their accommodation permanently. Therefore, German security authorities are now warning of the increase in duplicate asylum applications.
Refugees who have been recognized in Greece can move freely in the Schengen area. According to a confidential report, some fly to Germany, where some later reapply for asylum. The rollback to Greece is rarely successful.
reSecurity authorities have warned against an increased number of refugees from Greece who have already been recognized to reapply for asylum in Germany.
According to an internal report from the Joint Strategy and Analysis Center for Illegal Migration, available to WELT AM SONNTAG, there has been “a significant increase in secondary air migration from Greece to Germany since mid-June 2020.” In addition to the relaxation of the crown measures, the background is that the Greek government has been applying “the regulation that came into force in January” since June 1, “according to which recognized refugees can no longer stay in the accommodation that they had previously been provided. “
Also, “the Greek immigration authority issued more travel documents for refugees.” The confidential report notes that, with their recognition, the refugees receive a residence permit that includes the right to travel within the Schengen area at the same time, which entitles them to legal entry through airports or land borders. According to the report, these factors could soon “lead to an increase in the number of asylum applications for the first time in Germany, as some of these people have already submitted an application for protection after entering the country.”
At the moment, the number of initial applications of just over 7,000 in July and August is still below the level of the months before the Corona crisis, when it was mostly around 11,000. However, despite the sharp drop in the number of arrivals due to the corona pandemic, Germany will see even higher immigration of asylum seekers in 2020 than in the years before 2013, when the migration crisis accelerated. It is particularly problematic that although only a little more than a third of asylum seekers are recognized, only a few of those rejected are deported or leave the country.
According to internal assessments by Berlin security circles, the now growing phenomenon of the initially legal entry of recognized refugees from Greece, including the subsequent renewed application for asylum, has long been heralded.
Since the end of 2018, refugees who have been recognized in Greece have been detected at German airports, some of whom applied for asylum, which, according to the current legal opinion of the Federal Government, generally precludes a direct return to Greece. Asylum applications of refugees who have already been recognized in other countries are rejected as “inadmissible” in Germany, they are rarely deported to the responsible state, especially to Greece. Because it is incompatible with the current legal situation in Germany to completely exclude people from accommodation and social benefits, double asylum seekers still stay in homes and generally receive a tolerated leave after a period of time, which in their time usually leads to residence permits after a few months or years. .
According to internal assessments by Berlin security groups, an additional problem has been apparent since the end of 2018: recognized refugees in Greece flew to Germany, which is allowed for short stays of up to 90 days per semester according to the legal situation. present, and then presented them with an imaginary identity. an application for asylum. They got rid of their Greek documents before arriving at the airport. According to security groups in Berlin, combating the problem is becoming even more difficult. The Eurodac records of recognized refugees in Greece who applied for asylum under a false identity in Germany were either deleted after recognition in Greece or were no longer visible to other EU countries. The Federal Ministry of the Interior declined to respond to a request from WELT AM SONNTAG as to whether recognized refugees in Greece would be removed from the EU Eurodac database.
The black and red federal government has yet to take any adequate steps to combat abuse of the asylum system by people seeking protection in safe countries. Now it faces another problem: Greece recognizes many more refugees, but offers them no permanent accommodation and few job opportunities, but the freedom to travel within the EU.
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Source: Welt am Sonntag
