In the event of an election victory
Union announces “de facto admission stop”.
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Four weeks before the federal election, the Union is tightening its migration course. If the CDU wins the election, refugees would immediately be turned away at the borders, promises Thorsten Frei. The CSU also decides on a package with strict measures to limit admissions.
CDU politician Thorsten Frei has announced that if he wins the election, the Union wants to stop accepting refugees immediately by turning them back at the borders. “If the citizens give us a government mandate, we will immediately implement a de facto admission stop through rejections,” said the first parliamentary managing director of the Union faction to the Editorial Network Germany (RND). “That is our goal. In the medium term, the uncontrolled influx must be replaced by the controlled admission of very limited contingents.”
Frei emphasized the unity of the CDU and CSU. “The CSU's demand to change the basic right to asylum and the third country solution from our joint election program lead to the same result in practice,” said the CDU politician. “Both concepts are about regaining control over migration and clearly limiting the number of admissions.”
CSU for changes to asylum law
The CSU had previously decided on a Bavaria agenda, which also envisages a tough migration course. The CSU wants, among other things, a change to the basic right to asylum, more rejections at the borders, a suspension of family reunification for those entitled to subsidiary protection and a plan for Syrians living in Germany after the fall of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad. In recent weeks there have been debates about returns to Syria.
Foreign criminals should be deported after the first offense or, alternatively, be held in detention pending deportation for an indefinite period. German citizenship should only be granted after eight years of good integration and no criminal offenses. With a view to migration policy, CSU regional group leader and top candidate Alexander Dobrindt said: “The numbers have to come down.” There is a “deep desire” among the population for a change in politics and direction.
