FDP on migration and integration

The FDP wants to attract more workers from abroad and simplify procedures. All rules on immigration and asylum would be gathered in one legal code, and labor migrants would deal with only one agency. The Blue Card would also be open to skilled workers without a university degree.

The FDP wants more workers from abroad. They should deal with only one office. All rules should be in one law book. The Blue Card should cover more skilled workers. The Blue Card is an EU work permit.

For the single point of contact, the whole visa process would be reviewed. Minimum salary thresholds for the Blue Card would be dropped. The Western Balkans rule, which eases labor market access for people from those countries, would be expanded. Graduates of the world's 200 best universities would get a one-year job-search visa, as in the Netherlands. Well-integrated asylum seekers could switch to labor migration if they can support themselves and their families without public assistance.

The FDP wants to take recognized refugees, including those from Ukraine, out of Bürgergeld (citizen's income) and give them a separate status. It would combine more help with finding work and lower benefits. People obliged to leave the country would generally get no more support.

The FDP wants to stop paying Bürgergeld to refugees. Bürgergeld is the basic welfare benefit. Refugees would get their own, lower benefit. They would get more help finding work. People who must leave would mostly get no money.

Refugees with a right to stay should be allowed to work as quickly as possible. The cut would go as far as the law permits; in the FDP's view, the benefit level must not create a wrong incentive. Rates for asylum seekers would also be reviewed and aligned across Europe in the long run. There would be more benefits in kind instead of cash, and the payment card would apply everywhere. Those who actively obstruct the clarification of their identity would also lose benefits.

The FDP wants people without a right to stay to leave Germany quickly and wants to concentrate responsibility for deportations at the federal level. Family reunification for people with subsidiary protection would be suspended. Turning people back at the borders would be tested as a pilot.

The FDP wants to limit migration without permission. The federal government should handle deportations. Some refugees could not bring their families for now. The FDP wants to test turning people back at the border. Asylum procedures should be faster.

According to the platform, returns fail too often at the enforcement stage in the states. Asylum and court proceedings would be sped up and could also take place in third countries if safety and the rule of law are guaranteed there. More countries would be classified as safe countries of origin, and admission programs would be paused. At the EU level, Frontex would be strengthened in border protection and against smugglers; agreements would push countries of origin to take people back. Germany would also conclude its own migration partnerships.

The FDP wants to separate language courses from integration courses and review how well the existing courses work. Citizenship should come only after successful integration and stay tied to earning one's own living and accepting the values of the constitution.

The FDP wants to split language courses and integration courses. The courses should mainly prepare people for work. Only well-integrated people should get a German passport. They must earn their own money.

The platform considers the current combination of both course types costly and ineffective. Language courses are to be modular and grouped by ability, with the main aim of preparing people for the job market. Both kinds of courses should be possible alongside a job. On naturalization, the FDP points out that it pushed through the requirement that applicants support themselves. Antisemitic, racist or xenophobic acts and motives, a criminal record, or rejecting constitutional values are to rule out citizenship.