Other dispute over family reunification of subsidiary protection

This list is all their hope. She decides if they will be reunited in the foreseeable future. But the places are limited, and therefore the chances of many asylum seekers with a limited protection status and their relatives to regroup after a leak and separation in Germany.

This Wednesday, the family reunited in 2016 following the high number of newcomers. The dispute between the CDU, the CSU and the SPD was one of the biggest conflicts during coalition negotiations. Finally, they agreed that 1000 people a month could come. According to government information, 34,000 parents are currently waiting for such a possibility. In other words, there are already contenders for contingent regulations for three years. How many are actually, however, is not clear. Because within this time, some refugees will have to return or it will be necessary to lay the foundations of the follow-up – for example, because now the minors are of age.

In addition, the number 1000 is very controversial. Some consider it too low, others reject it. FDP leader Christian Lindner holds the number for arbitrarily seized. "Why only 1000, not 500 or 2000," said Lindner. "You can not explain that to anyone." He criticized the new regulations as "completely unreasonable". Why could refugees without permanent residence status in Germany still catch up with the family, Lindner asked Monday at the n-tv station.

Because the so-called subsidiary protected persons do not generally have permanent resident status. The residence permit is issued for one year and may be extended for two additional years. This is only under certain conditions that this can lead to a permanent residence permit after five years. Spouses can get married if the marriage was closed before the escape, and minors or parents of minors, if they came alone to Germany. More recently, Syrian and Iraqi civil war refugees have benefited from subsidiary protection.

The chairman of the Human Rights Committee in the Bundestag, Gyde Jensen (FDP), however, is of a different opinion than that of his party leader, Lindner. "Everyone has the right to a family community," she told our editors. "People need the best possible support in terms of integration into our society, and family reunification is a means," she added. The current regulation rejects them because of "rigid upper limits" but also of. This "will inevitably punish those who want to integrate and can already earn a living," said Jensen.

It is also particularly controversial that as of the month of January the numbers are calculated from month to month. This means that if, for bureaucratic reasons, the 1000 seats are not allocated in a month, the vacant possibilities "expire". They will not be added to the 1000 seats available next month. It is therefore possible that throughout the year 2019, fewer than 12,000 refugee parents will do the same. Only for the start phase of the remaining five months of the current year, the lump sum of 5000 seats accepted.

Federal Human Rights Commissioner Bärbel Kofler (SPD) welcomed this solution. "Starting in 2019, we can expect quotas to be used on a monthly basis," said Kofler. The human rights spokesman of the Union faction, Michael Brand (CDU), also defended the regulations. "I highly recommend running the new rule and then evaluating it," he said

. But the procedure is very complicated and bureaucratic: requests must be addressed to the embbadies concerned or the consulates general of the respective countries. In Amman, Beirut and Erbil, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the point of contact. Foreign representatives forward applications to Germany, where they are examined by the immigration authorities. However, the decision on who is allowed to come and who does not, is taken by the Office of the Federal Administration (BVA), which in turn gives the go-ahead to the foreign mission to issue a visa – or not. According to the Foreign Office, this will be done chronologically according to the date of application.