Tierschutzpartei on migration and integration

The Tierschutzpartei wants Germany to take in more refugees than currently required and to create safe escape routes. Additional reasons for fleeing, such as climate impacts and violence against women, should count as grounds for asylum. Frontex should be replaced by a sea rescue agency.

Germany should take in more refugees. There should be safe routes for people who flee. Climate damage and violence against women should also count as reasons for asylum. The state should rescue people in the Mediterranean. The border agency Frontex should be closed.

The federal government would take in people seeking protection beyond the current quotas, set up admission programs and legal routes for work and education, and address the causes of flight. The platform lists natural disasters, climate impacts, discrimination, war, and health among the grounds for asylum. It calls for state rescue missions in the Mediterranean and support for aid organizations. After the end of Assad's rule, Syrians should decide for themselves whether to return. It should remain possible to apply for asylum in Germany and not only in the first EU country of arrival.

The Tierschutzpartei rejects deportations and wants to abolish the classification of countries as safe countries of origin. It also rejects the payment card for refugees. Offenders should be held accountable in Germany.

The party is against deportations. Deportation means the state sends people back to their country. People who commit crimes should be punished here. The list of safe countries of origin should end. Refugees should have cash and their own bank account.

In the platform's view, deportations are costly and inhumane and shift problems onto other countries. Offenders should be punished in Germany, with the party pointing to rehabilitation and reintegration in the prison system. It says the list of safe countries of origin only serves to make rejecting asylum applications easier. The party considers the payment card discriminatory and burdensome and prefers personal bank accounts and cash instead.

The Tierschutzpartei considers more immigration necessary to secure pensions and the labor market. Foreign qualifications should be recognized faster, and refugees should be allowed to work. They should live in decentralized housing rather than collective shelters.

The party says Germany needs more immigration. Degrees from other countries should be accepted faster. Refugees should be allowed to work. They should live in normal homes and not in large shelters. There should be German classes that fit their needs.

The platform bases the need for immigration on the retirement of the baby boomers and unfilled jobs. German courses would be tailored by country of origin and age group; parents would get their own courses with childcare. Decentralized housing is meant to encourage use of the language and an independent daily life. Government offices would get more money and staff, and simple matters could be handled digitally from home.