Overview

• Marion Gentges called for the legal option to impose permanent, Europe-wide bans on serious criminals and so‑called top threats.
• She argued that offenders should not be given the impression they can return after deportation and urged EU-level backing for indefinite bans.
• Current German law still permits unlimited entry and residence bans in individual cases, which the European Court of Justice is reviewing for EU-law compliance.
• The Commission’s draft regulation would prohibit indefinite bans, generally capping re-entry prohibitions at 10 years with a five-year extension and up to 20 years in security cases.
• Gentges cited the final life sentence of Sulaiman A. for the Mannheim attack that killed police officer Rouven Laur as a case where a lifelong re-entry ban should apply after imprisonment.