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