BSW on migration and integration

The BSW wants people who enter Germany through a safe third country to have no right to stay, no asylum procedure and no social benefits. The party wants to keep the constitutional right to asylum for those in need of protection but says Germany needs a "breather."

Many refugees come to Germany through safe countries. The BSW says these people may not stay. They should not get an asylum procedure. They should not get money from the state either.

The principle is to apply immediately. The platform considers the number of arriving refugees too high and points to crowded classrooms, housing shortages and safety problems. In the BSW's view, benefits for asylum seekers act as a draw, and a strong welfare state cannot sustain unlimited immigration. Denmark is named as a model.

The BSW wants refugees who commit serious crimes to lose their claim to an asylum procedure and be deported, if necessary after amending the constitution. Deportations should be carried out consistently, and asylum procedures should normally end within three months.

Refugees who commit serious crimes should leave Germany. The BSW wants to change laws for this, even the constitution if needed. People with no right to stay should leave quickly. Asylum procedures should usually take only three months.

Protection from deportation would apply only where there are clear signs that the person faces the death penalty in the home country. Authorities and courts should handle cases against immigrants who commit crimes with priority and speed. The platform cites around 572,000 foreigners without a residence title and failed deportations in 2024. Asylum authorities and courts are to get staff first. The BSW points to the attacks in Mannheim, Solingen and Magdeburg as its reason.

The BSW wants refugees with protection status to get into work faster and plans to expand language learning and adult education for this. On deportations, authorities should focus on people who are not integrated rather than on well-integrated immigrants.

Refugees with protection should be able to work sooner. For this they should learn German and be able to catch up on diplomas. Well-integrated people should not be deported first. Authorities should focus on the others.

The platform points to rising Bürgergeld (citizen's income) spending on refugees, which it says threatens acceptance of the benefit. Adult education should allow school diplomas, top-up qualifications and new vocational training. The BSW criticizes that authorities often deport law-abiding immigrants with a home and a job because they are easy to find. Immigration offices and courts should change their priorities.

The BSW wants to reform European asylum law and move asylum procedures to safe countries outside the EU where possible. The party wants to withdraw from the Global Compact for Migration as quickly as possible. In the platform's view, the current system feeds smugglers.

The BSW wants new asylum rules in Europe. Asylum procedures should take place outside the EU where possible. The BSW wants to leave the Global Compact for Migration. That is an agreement among many countries on migration.

The platform calls European asylum law dysfunctional: anyone who reaches the EU can almost always stay, which drives people onto dangerous routes and toward smugglers. It says the German government has blocked changes so far and should stop. The right to asylum does not mean choosing one's host country, it argues. The BSW reads the migration pact as an obligation to promote international migration.