SPD on migration and integration

The SPD wants to work with the federal government to ease regular immigration, especially for workers and skilled professionals, and to grant asylum to those in need of protection. People with no prospect of asylum are to get help with voluntary departure; deportations required by law are to be as humane as possible.

The SPD wants people to be able to immigrate legally more easily. This applies above all to skilled workers. People who need protection should get asylum. People who cannot stay get help to leave voluntarily. Serious criminals should be deported first.

Family reunification under federal law is to be handled in a simpler procedure, and people with tolerated status are to get work permits more easily. In deportations, the welfare of children is to receive special attention. Deportations of serious criminals and persons deemed a security threat take priority, within international law. Counseling services are to be expanded and help people reach a secure residence status. The SPD supports the migration policy reform agreed in the federal coalition agreement.

The SPD wants to offer integration courses to all newcomers from the start and give children and young people quick access to education. Migration counseling is to be funded permanently and adequately because the party sees it as indispensable locally for integration and participation.

All newcomers should be able to take integration courses right away. Children and young people should get into school quickly. Counseling for immigrants should get enough money permanently. The SPD sees this counseling as very important.

The state's existing integration programs are to be expanded together with partners. Access to them is to become easier and much wider. The program describes migration counseling as a basic structure whose funding is to be made permanent.