What do the parties in Bavaria say on migration and integration?

The AfD wants the Bavarian police to carry out regular border checks together with the Federal Police. The aim is to prevent unauthorized entry.

The AfD wants more checks at the border. The Bavarian police should check there regularly. They should work together with the Federal Police. The goal is that fewer people enter without permission.

The AfD wants to restrict immigration to highly qualified workers, cap it numerically and usually make it temporary. Citizenship would again follow the principle of descent that applied until 1999. Naturalization should primarily serve German interests.

The AfD wants to let in only a small number of very well-trained workers. Most of them should stay only for a set time. Children should again get a German passport mainly through their parents. That was the rule until 1999.

The AfD wants to deport all foreigners who are required to leave within six months at most and aims for a 100 percent deportation rate in Bavaria. Church asylum should end immediately because, in the party's view, it blocks lawful deportations.

Some foreigners are required to leave Germany. The AfD wants to deport all of them within six months. Churches should no longer be allowed to shelter these people. The AfD says the same law must apply to everyone.

The AfD supports reforming asylum law and the related international treaties so that German interests carry more weight. Aid should be provided mainly in the crisis regions rather than in Germany. Benefits should be granted in kind wherever possible.

The AfD wants to change asylum law. People in need should get help mainly in their home region. Asylum seekers should get goods rather than money. Cash should be no higher than the average in Europe.

The CSU wants to prevent irregular migration and speed up deportations while affirming labor migration and help for people in need of protection. It calls for better protection of the EU's external borders, a European asylum system with decision centers at the external border and more federal help for municipalities.

The CSU wants fewer people to enter without permission. Europe's borders should be better protected. People who need no protection or commit crimes should have to leave. People who have a job should be allowed to stay. Skilled workers from abroad are welcome.

The CSU rejects faster naturalization, for instance after just three years of residence. Citizenship should come at the end of successful integration and require a commitment to values and language. Dual citizenship should remain the exception.

The CSU does not want to make it easier to get a German passport. Three years in Germany is not enough for the CSU. People should speak German well and support themselves. Two passports should only be allowed in special cases.

The Free Voters want an immigration law that selects by qualification to meet the economy's need for skilled workers. Refugees who make an effort to integrate would be allowed to work or start training sooner and gain a prospect of staying.

The Free Voters want to bring skilled workers from abroad. A law should choose people by their training. Canada and Australia are the model. Refugees should be allowed to work sooner. Those who make an effort should be able to stay.

The Free Voters want to sharply restrict family reunification for asylum seekers, speed up asylum procedures and continue to carry out deportations consistently. According to the platform, immigration should keep humanity and the capacity to integrate in balance.

The Free Voters want fewer family members of asylum seekers to follow them. Asylum cases should be decided faster. People who may not stay should have to leave. Asylum seekers should get goods rather than cash.

The Greens want to ease the path into the Bavarian labor market for workers and skilled professionals from abroad. Foreign qualifications would be recognized more readily, a permanent right to stay would be guaranteed, and Welcome Centers would be set up across the state. The party cites the labor shortage in Bavarian companies as the reason.

Bavaria does not have enough workers. The Greens want to make it easier for people from abroad to work here. Foreign degrees should be accepted more easily. Refugees should be able to work more easily. New advice centers should help with all questions.

The Greens want people who have lived in Bavaria for some time to be able to vote and run in municipal and district elections even without German citizenship. They also plan an integration unit in the State Chancellery, municipal integration centers and more integration and language courses.

Some people have lived in Bavaria for a long time but have no German passport. They should be allowed to vote in local and district elections. They should also be able to run for office. There should be more language courses and new integration centers.

The Greens want to make it easier for asylum seekers to work and to scrap work bans. Foreign qualifications are to be recognized faster. The platform argues this eases integration and helps with the shortage of skilled workers and labor.

The Greens want asylum seekers to be allowed to work. Work bans should end. Degrees from other countries should count faster. The party says this helps people and companies.

The Greens want to gradually convert the AnkER facilities (large combined arrival and return centers) into regular reception centers and house refugees in decentralized accommodation as quickly as possible. Municipalities are to be reimbursed for their actual costs of housing, care and integration. Municipal integration centers are to bring all local services together.

The Greens want to close the AnkER centers. These are large shelters for asylum seekers. Refugees should live in smaller places instead. Towns and cities should get more money from the state. German classes should start quickly.

The Greens do not want to forcibly deport anyone to countries at war or in crisis, and want to cut back deportation detention significantly. Using the federal “Chancen-Aufenthaltsrecht” (opportunity residence law), repeated short-term toleration status is to end. At the federal level the party advocates abolishing deportation detention.

The Greens want no deportations to countries with war or crisis. Fewer people should be locked up before deportation. People with a Duldung should get a secure right to stay. A Duldung means the deportation is only on hold.

The SPD wants people without a German passport to be able to vote in local and state elections after three years of residence. It also plans a statewide representative body for migrants, local integration councils, and a participation law. The party argues that integration only works through participation.

The SPD wants people without a German passport to vote. This should apply after three years in Germany. It covers local elections and state elections. There should also be a body that speaks for immigrants in Bavaria. The SPD says integration only works if everyone can take part.

The SPD wants immigrants to get work permits faster and have their qualifications recognized more easily. New arrivals would be entitled to schooling, vocational training or courses, along with childcare. According to the platform, children's success in school should not depend on their parents' background.

Immigrants should be allowed to work sooner. Their foreign degrees should be accepted more easily. People new to Bavaria should have a right to school, training or a language course. This includes care for their children. There should be more teachers with a migration background.

The SPD wants no one deported from Bavaria to war and crisis zones, including people with criminal convictions. Deportations without compelling criminal-law grounds would end, especially for schoolchildren and people in training or work. Immigration offices would become “welcome offices,” and a state admission program would allow safe entry.

The SPD does not want to deport anyone to war zones. This also applies to people who committed crimes. Schoolchildren and people in training or work should be allowed to stay. Immigration offices should welcome newcomers. Bavaria should get its own program to take in refugees safely.

The SPD wants to abolish the Ankerzentren (large centralized asylum facilities), arguing that they block integration and make refugees ill. It favors decentralized housing and German classes from day one instead. All refugees would be treated the same way as those from Ukraine.

The SPD wants to close the Anker centers. These are large shared shelters for asylum seekers. Refugees should live spread across many places. They should be able to learn German right away. All refugees should be treated like people from Ukraine.

The SPD wants to push for a restructuring of the EU border agency Frontex. Besides border protection, the agency should work with civilian initiatives in sea rescue to protect people who are fleeing. Bavarian security forces should not take part in operations where refugees are unlawfully pushed back.

Frontex is the EU's border agency. The SPD wants to change Frontex. Frontex should also protect people who are fleeing and help with rescue at sea. Police from Bavaria should not take part when refugees are illegally pushed back at the border.