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Germany
Population:
NFP: Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community
Involvement:
Since 2006
The main migration policy instruments in Germany:
Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:
- National policies and legislation:
- Consult Germany’s national law database.
- Consult recent publications of the European Migration Network.
- EU legislation:
- Consult the adopted EU legislation on Migration and Home Affairs
- Ratified international treaties:
- 1953/1969: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
- 2006: ratification of the 2000 Protocols on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.
The main ministries in charge of migration affairs:
- Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community: Together with its subordinate authorities it is the main body dealing with migration affairs, including immigration (entry, residence); border management and irregular migration; asylum procedure and reception centres; socio-economic integration; return and readmission.
- Federal Foreign Office: responsible visa and consular affairs.
- Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ): development cooperation with countries of origin and transit of migration.
Sources:
- German National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (2017): Migration, Integration, Asylum. Political Developments in Germany in 2017.https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/11a_germany_amr2017_part2_en.pdf
- United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM
Last update: December 2018
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