Posted on 02/02/2017 7:32:37 AM PST by Olog-hai
A program to pay asylum applicants in Germany to return to their home countries, often before a decision is made on their status, has begun. The government wants to increase the number of people who choose to leave.
The program “StartHilfe Plus,” which loosely translates to “start help plus,” began on Wednesday.
Administered by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the initiative aims to financially reward asylum applicants if they are willing to return to their homelands. About €40 million ($43 million) has been set aside for payments.
“In the year 2016, about 55,000 people voluntarily returned to their homelands — that’s an increase compared to the year before [about 35,000 in 2015]. We have good conditions [for another increase on voluntary returns] with our additional budget,” Jutta Cordt, who officially took over the leadership of BAMF on Wednesday, told DW. […]
The program has several restrictions in place that aim to reduce the risk of the program being abused. People from certain countries or regions, including the western Balkans, are not eligible and applicants also have to be without their own funds. Syrian citizens cannot apply. …
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Offering them 40 sand dunes and a camel.
Cool. How many times can they revolve through the line with different identities?
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