Germany's lower house, the Bundestag, on Thursday passed a bill that will allow faster deportations of rejected asylum seekers.
The move comes as Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government seeks to deal with irregular migration and related issues.
Among some of the measures of the legislation — dubbed the Repatriation Improvement Act — is the provision for longer periods of pre-deportation custody, in a bid to give authorities more time to complete the process before having to release an individual.
Sometimes a lack of cooperations from migrants, who may wish not to provide identification papers knowing that could make repatriation more difficult, can also delay or thwart the process.
The law would also aid authorities in the fight against organized crime and in particular those trafficking people and would see minimum and maximum penalties in this area being increased
"We are horrified that people who are fleeing and those who offer them humanitarian aid can be threatened with prison sentences," sea rescue group SOS Humanity said.
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Germany's lower house, the Bundestag, on Thursday passed a bill that will allow faster deportations of rejected asylum seekers.
The move comes as Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government seeks to deal with irregular migration and related issues.
Among some of the measures of the legislation — dubbed the Repatriation Improvement Act — is the provision for longer periods of pre-deportation custody, in a bid to give authorities more time to complete the process before having to release an individual.
Sometimes a lack of cooperations from migrants, who may wish not to provide identification papers knowing that could make repatriation more difficult, can also delay or thwart the process.
The law would also aid authorities in the fight against organized crime and in particular those trafficking people and would see minimum and maximum penalties in this area being increased
"We are horrified that people who are fleeing and those who offer them humanitarian aid can be threatened with prison sentences," sea rescue group SOS Humanity said.
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