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

The AfD rejects the United Nations migration pact because, in its view, it strengthens the rights of illegal migrants and imposes duties on host countries. Instead it calls for a European pact that makes it possible to return everyone who entered illegally.

The AfD opposes the United Nations migration pact. It wants a different agreement in Europe. That agreement should make all illegal migrants go back. The AfD calls this remigration.

The AfD wants to replace the individually enforceable right to asylum with an institutional guarantee and to end family reunification for refugees entirely. It cites abuse of asylum law and exhausted reception capacity in Brandenburg.

The AfD wants to change asylum law. Today a person can go to court to claim asylum. That should no longer be possible. Refugees should not be allowed to bring their families. Only people who prove who they are should be able to apply for asylum.

The AfD wants to replace cash benefits for asylum seekers entirely with benefits in kind and to stop social benefits for people obliged to leave. It also wants a high tax on money transfers to countries outside Europe. In the party's view, this would remove incentives to immigrate into the welfare system.

Asylum seekers should no longer get cash. They should get things like food and clothing instead. People who must leave the country should get no welfare benefits. People who send money abroad should pay a high tax on it. The AfD says fewer people will then come for the money.

The AfD calls for permanent securing and control of the border to prevent unauthorized entry into Brandenburg. Anyone caught crossing the border illegally is to be refused entry; those picked up inside the country are to be detained immediately.

The AfD wants to control the border all the time. People who cross without permission should not be allowed in. Fences on the border with Poland are also possible. People in the country without permission should be detained. Commuters and vacationers should still be able to cross easily.

The AfD wants asylum procedure counseling to be provided only by state bodies and to cut funding for independent organizations that hinder deportations. People who help create obstacles to deportation are to be punished. The party argues these organizations have a financial interest in high refugee numbers.

Today, associations often advise asylum seekers. The AfD wants only the state to give this advice. Associations should get no public money if they get in the way of deportations. People who stop a deportation should be punished.

The AfD wants towns and municipalities to decide for themselves how many asylum seekers they take in. Residents are to be informed early and have a say; accommodation is to be concentrated in a few central facilities.

Towns should decide for themselves how many asylum seekers they take in. People living nearby should be told early. They should have a say. Asylum seekers should live in a few large shelters.

The AfD sees integration as an obligation of immigrants and demands acceptance of local rules, traditions and values as well as German language skills. It wants to prevent parallel societies from forming in Brandenburg and to counter what it sees as growing Islamization.

The AfD says immigrants must make the effort to integrate. They must learn German. They should accept the rules and values of the country. Migrants should get no advantages through quotas. The AfD does not want closed-off groups in the state. It wants to limit the influence of Islam.

The AfD wants to remove birthright citizenship from nationality law and return to citizenship by descent. There would no longer be any entitlement to naturalization, and the requirements would rise considerably.

Today, children of foreigners can become German if they are born in Germany. The AfD wants to end that. Only people with German parents should be German by birth. Becoming a citizen should get much harder. Nobody should have a right to it anymore.

The AfD announces an extensive deportation program to run until 2029. First, false statements made in order to immigrate are to be uncovered statewide; then everyone obliged to leave is to be returned on a large scale. The party sees asylum as a temporary right.

The AfD wants to deport many people by 2029. First it wants to look for false statements by immigrants. Then everyone who must leave should go. Criminals should be deported first. Brandenburg should get a detention center for deportations. Asylum should only last for a limited time.

The BSW commits to the constitutional right to asylum but wants to limit immigration that it calls uncontrolled. Asylum applications are to be filed and decided at the EU's external borders and in third countries.

The BSW wants to keep the right to asylum. But it wants less immigration. People should apply for asylum at the EU's outer borders. Or in countries outside the EU. The decision should be made there too.

The BSW wants foreign offenders, Islamist threats and people who are required to leave to exit the country. Deportations are to be enforced consistently and combined with re-entry bans.

The BSW wants more deportations. Violent offenders and Islamist threats should leave the country. People who must leave should really go. Deported people should not be allowed back in.

The BSW wants to introduce a payment card for asylum seekers across the state. People required to leave are to receive only the minimum subsistence level required by the constitution, and as benefits in kind.

Asylum seekers should get a payment card instead of cash. This should stop them from sending money abroad. People who must leave should get fewer benefits. They should get only the bare minimum. They should get it as goods, not as money.

The BSW wants more German courses and mandatory German tests for all children from age three, with compulsory daycare where deficits are found. Foreign qualifications are to be recognized faster, and asylum seekers should take on simple support work while their case is pending.

The BSW wants more German courses. All children from age three should take a German test. Children with weak German must go to daycare. Degrees from abroad should be accepted faster. Asylum seekers should do simple jobs.

The CDU wants to strengthen legal immigration of skilled and other workers, including through a federal "Work-and-Stay Agency" and a matching state office. At the same time, the requirements for naturalization should not be lowered.

Brandenburg needs skilled workers from abroad. An agency should match them with companies. Foreign degrees should be recognized faster. Work permits should come faster. But the rules for German citizenship should not get easier.

The CDU wants to significantly reduce economic incentives for asylum seekers. Benefits are to be noticeably lowered and provided more often in kind or via payment cards.

The CDU wants less money for asylum seekers. They should get goods instead of cash more often. There should be a payment card. People who commit crimes should not be allowed to stay.

The CDU wants to continue fixed checks on the border with Poland until the EU's external borders are secured. The federal police should be allowed to turn back asylum seekers entering from other EU states.

Checks at the Polish border should continue. The federal police should get more staff. They should be able to turn back asylum seekers. This applies to people coming from other EU countries.

The CDU no longer wants to assign refugees without prospects of staying to local communities. They are to be able to stay up to 24 months in state initial reception centers.

Some refugees will likely not be allowed to stay. They should not be sent to towns anymore. They should live up to two years in a state center. Sports halls should no longer be used as shelters.

The CDU wants rejected asylum seekers returned consistently, with criminals first. Police are to get more powers, and serious offenders should be deportable even to conflict countries.

Rejected asylum seekers should leave the country. Criminals should be deported first. Police should be allowed to do more. Serious criminals should be sent back even to war zones.

The CDU wants integration based on a "support and demand" principle, with concrete obligations written into state law. It sees language learning as the basic condition for participation and work.

Immigrants should have duties to integrate. This should be in state law. Recognized asylum seekers must learn German. Children take a language test before school.

The SPD stands by the right to asylum but welcomes the stepped-up federal police checks at the Polish border. It calls for swift implementation of the European asylum compromise and for migration agreements that enable returns and open up legal labor migration.

The SPD wants to keep protecting people in need. But it supports more checks at the border with Poland. Germany should make deals with other countries. Then people with no right to stay can go back. Others may come to work.

The SPD wants to introduce a payment card for asylum seekers as quickly as possible. All benefits under the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act would be paid through it. This is meant to relieve municipalities and rule out transfers abroad.

Asylum seekers should get a payment card. Their state benefits go onto the card. They cannot send money abroad with it. Local offices should have less work this way.

The SPD wants to get refugees and asylum seekers into work or training as early as possible because, in its view, this builds acceptance of immigration and eases the burden on social funds. A new state integration law is to bundle benefits and obligations under the principle of “support and demand.”

Refugees should start working or training quickly. They should not have to wait long for language classes. They can learn German alongside work. A new law should set out the rights and duties of immigrants.