Overview

• Proposed rules would strip protection status from asylum seekers who disappear during their proceedings.
• From January 1 to July 17, 2025, Brandenburg authorities issued 855 search orders for missing asylum applicants.
• Wilke intends to table a Bundesrat initiative at the Interior Ministers’ Conference to roll out the measure nationwide.
• The plan also calls for tougher bans on re-entry for individuals whose asylum applications have been rejected.
• The AfD dismissed the proposal as a public relations stunt and urged immediate deportations of absconders.