REGULARISATION
Germany: new draft law to regularise people with insecure status
A new draft law presented by the German Interior Minister would allow people living in Germany for at least 5 years under a “Duldung” status (a temporary suspension of their deportation order) the chance to obtain a permanent residence permit. “Duldung” status is given to people who are not provided international protection or another residence permit, and cannot be deported for human rights or other reasons. Under the new scheme, people with “Duldung” status would be first issued a one-year residence permit, after which they would be able to obtain a longer-term residence permit if they can prove they have been learning German and can support themselves financially. However, organisations like Pro Asyl fear that people who have given false information about their identity could be excluded from the new scheme. The proposal would also come together with strengthened deportation powers.
Spain: thousands migrant children get residence permits under 2021 reform
The Spanish Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration presented the first results of the 2021 reform facilitating a faster access to residency and work permits for unaccompanied children, ensuring they do not age out without a residence permit and giving the opportunity to regularise those who already have. Since November 2021, 9,300 permits have been issued: 3,504 to unaccompanied children and 5,817 to former unaccompanied children. Another positive effect of the reform is young people’s labour market integration: the number of employed (former) unaccompanied children doubled from 2.727 in November to 4.599 in March 2022.
Spain plans to improve regularisation and labour migration policies
The Spanish Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration is preparing a reform to facilitate access to work permits for migrant workers. The reform – whose final draft may be changed - would aim to facilitate the regularisation of undocumented people already working in Spain under the existing regularisation mechanisms and introduce a new regularisation scheme for those enrolled in certain training programs. It would also aim to improve recruitment in countries of origin and reform aspects of labour migration procedures, such as the analysis of the national employment situation. The proposals are regarded as a positive but insufficient by undocumented people, trade unions and other civil society, who criticise it, for example, for only responding to the needs of certain economic sectors and not of workers.
REGULARISATION
Germany: new draft law to regularise people with insecure status
A new draft law presented by the German Interior Minister would allow people living in Germany for at least 5 years under a “Duldung” status (a temporary suspension of their deportation order) the chance to obtain a permanent residence permit. “Duldung” status is given to people who are not provided international protection or another residence permit, and cannot be deported for human rights or other reasons. Under the new scheme, people with “Duldung” status would be first issued a one-year residence permit, after which they would be able to obtain a longer-term residence permit if they can prove they have been learning German and can support themselves financially. However, organisations like Pro Asyl fear that people who have given false information about their identity could be excluded from the new scheme. The proposal would also come together with strengthened deportation powers.
Spain: thousands migrant children get residence permits under 2021 reform
The Spanish Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration presented the first results of the 2021 reform facilitating a faster access to residency and work permits for unaccompanied children, ensuring they do not age out without a residence permit and giving the opportunity to regularise those who already have. Since November 2021, 9,300 permits have been issued: 3,504 to unaccompanied children and 5,817 to former unaccompanied children. Another positive effect of the reform is young people’s labour market integration: the number of employed (former) unaccompanied children doubled from 2.727 in November to 4.599 in March 2022.
Spain plans to improve regularisation and labour migration policies
The Spanish Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration is preparing a reform to facilitate access to work permits for migrant workers. The reform – whose final draft may be changed - would aim to facilitate the regularisation of undocumented people already working in Spain under the existing regularisation mechanisms and introduce a new regularisation scheme for those enrolled in certain training programs. It would also aim to improve recruitment in countries of origin and reform aspects of labour migration procedures, such as the analysis of the national employment situation. The proposals are regarded as a positive but insufficient by undocumented people, trade unions and other civil society, who criticise it, for example, for only responding to the needs of certain economic sectors and not of workers.