Overview
- Helge Lindh and Rasha Nasr said the critical paper on the EU asylum reform was only from party working groups and not a Bundestag position.
- Dirk Wiese, the SPD caucus’s first parliamentary manager, condemned the paper as "a strong piece and completely misplaced," escalating the internal dispute.
- The joint SPD–Green working‑group text labels Dobrindt’s implementation "inhuman and partly unlawful" and warns of detention‑like restrictions that could also affect children.
- Dobrindt’s cabinet‑approved draft goes beyond the EU framework with broader airport fast‑track procedures, optional secondary‑migration centers with tight rules, and government designation of safe countries by ordinance.
- Aziz Bozkurt warned the coalition’s slim majority could be at risk, while the Interior Ministry asserted the plans include comprehensive protections for vulnerable people.