Overview

• CDU leader Friedrich Merz calls for deporting asylum seekers to countries like Syria and Afghanistan despite ongoing instability in those regions.
• Merz emphasizes separating asylum migration from work migration, proposing a digital 'Work-and-Stay' agency to streamline labor migration processes.
• CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann suggests automatic deportation for asylum seekers after two intentional crimes, including theft and burglary.
• Linnemann also calls for faster deportation processes and more international agreements to facilitate the removal of individuals without legal residency.
• Merz criticizes the current EU asylum system, urging reforms to prevent member states from passing migrants to Germany without proper processing.