Factsheet Germany: The Organisation of Asylum and Migration Policies
 , Date: 2013.05.23, format: Informationsblatt, area: Authority

Cover: EMN Working Paper 25 - Factsheet: Die Organisation der Asyl- und Zuwanderungspolitik Source: BAMF

This factsheet provides an overview of how asylum and migration policies are organised in Germany, including the organisation of the institutional and regulatory context and framework for dealing with thirdcountry nationals coming for the purpose of legal immigration or for international protection.

It is based on information provided in the second edition of the Germany National Report of the EMN Study "The Organisation of Asylum and Migration Policies in EU Member States". The Report was based on desk research.

Key sources were: legal texts, commentaries, recommendations and a brochure by the Federal Ministry of the Interior; internal elaborations, reports and studies of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees; figures from the German Central Aliens register; reports of the Federal Government Commission for Migration, Refugees and Integration; publications from the Federal Employment Agency and the Federal Statistical Office; governmental and non-governmental websites.