Politicians from various parties are giving the impression that the country is on the brink of a state of emergency, that capacities for refugees are exhausted, local authorities are overburdened and locals are overwhelmed. Is that really the case?
This "perceived state of emergency" in Germany must be used as a justification for extending and expanding border controls. Despite the right to asylum, refugees are sent back at the border.
Do the police often "overhear" a person asking for protection? Is the law being bent or even broken here? Prof. Dr. Constantin Hruschka from the University of Freiburg investigates these questions. He is a lawyer, has worked at the UNHCR in Nuremberg and Geneva, and is a senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy.
In cooperation with the Bavarian Refugee Council and München Global
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