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

The AfD calls for consistently deporting rejected asylum seekers with no right to stay and foreigners who have committed crimes. It sees asylum as temporary protection that does not lead to permanent residence. Recognized refugees should therefore be prepared for their return from the start.

The AfD wants to deport more people. This applies to rejected asylum seekers and to foreigners who commit crimes. Asylum should only be protection for a limited time. Recognized refugees should also go back home later.

The AfD wants to restrict asylum immigration to what the law requires and to reduce what it sees as financial incentives. In Saarland, refugees would receive benefits in kind instead of cash, family reunification would be strictly limited, and the age of young asylum seekers would be medically checked. It also demands full transparency about costs.

The AfD wants less asylum immigration. Refugees should get goods instead of money. Fewer family members should be allowed to follow. Doctors should check the age of young asylum seekers. Everyone should be able to see the costs.

The AfD wants to make it binding for immigrants to accept values it describes as democratic, based on the rule of law, and Christian-European. It sees integration as an obligation that immigrants owe to society. State-funded integration measures should only be offered to people with a lawful prospect of staying.

The AfD says immigrants must accept the values in Germany. They must work on their integration themselves. Only people who are allowed to stay should get help from the state. The AfD wants to preserve German identity.

The AfD wants to offer better working and living conditions to high-performing Germans and highly qualified foreigners instead of relying on asylum immigration. It names wage and tax incentives as well as lower contributions for families with children. In its view, unmanaged immigration solves neither the skills shortage nor demographic problems.

The AfD wants well-trained Germans to stay in the country. Well-trained foreigners should come too. There should be benefits on wages and taxes for this. Families with children should pay lower charges.

The CDU considers needs-based immigration of international skilled workers necessary because, in its view, the regional labor market can no longer cover shortages in many sectors. The skilled worker agency DeFa, based in the Saarland, should therefore also serve other shortage occupations.

The Saarland lacks skilled workers in many jobs. So the CDU wants to bring skilled workers from abroad. An agency in the Saarland already helps with care jobs. It should help with other jobs too.

The CDU affirms the fundamental right to asylum but calls for clear rules on migration. Serious criminals and persons considered a security threat are to be deported consistently. For well-integrated people facing deportation, it calls for differentiated rules.

The CDU says: The right to asylum stays. But immigration needs clear rules. Serious criminals and dangerous persons should have to leave the country. For well-integrated people, there should be other solutions.

The CDU wants to evaluate the state's migration program and improve administrative procedures together with the organizations that do integration work. It combines a right to participation and integration services with expectations of immigrants.

The CDU sees immigration as a gain for the state. One reason is the lack of skilled workers. Immigrants should have equal chances. But they should also respect the rules of democracy. The CDU wants to review the state's migration program.

The CDU wants to recruit more skilled workers from abroad for medicine and nursing and expand integration services for them. A new funding program called "Kommunikation und Sprachverstehen" (communication and language comprehension) is meant to reduce language barriers.

Saarland lacks doctors and care workers. The CDU wants to bring in more skilled people from other countries. They should get help settling in. A new program should help them learn German.

The CDU wants to keep borders within Europe open and ties this to effective protection of the EU's external borders. It sides with the countries on the external borders and favors joint European solutions in migration policy.

The CDU wants open borders between countries in Europe. For that, the borders at the edge of the EU should be well protected. The CDU wants to help the countries at the edge of the EU. People at the border should be treated with dignity. Europe should solve migration questions together.

The SPD wants to consolidate state responsibilities for migration and integration and draw up a statewide integration plan together with migrant organizations. An emergency program would give the immigration office more staff and space. Language courses, education and the labor market are to become easier to access regardless of residence status.

The SPD wants to organize integration in Saarland better. There would be one plan for the whole state. The immigration office would get more staff. A welcome center would be set up. All newcomers should find it easier to learn German and to work.