Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday signed off on a draft law that aims to speed up deportation procedures, reported dpa.
The main objective of the bill, brought forward by Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, is to reduce the number of deportations that fail at the last moment.
It provides for an extension of the maximum duration someone can be held in detention ahead of their departure from 10 to 28 days.
The plans also include tougher measures against smugglers and an extension of the authorities' powers.
Under the new law, the authorities would be allowed to enter the rooms of third parties in order to search for those who are to be deported. In some circumstances, authorities would no longer be required to announce deportations in advance.
The Cabinet also aims to be able to deport members of criminal organizations more easily in future. Flats are to be searched for data storage devices and documents in order to clarify the identity and nationality of those concerned, according to the bill.
In order to relieve the burden on authorities, residence in Germany during the asylum procedure is to be authorized for six months instead of the current three months.
Those who do not have the right to stay must leave Germany, Faeser previously told the Monday edition of the newspaper Rheinische Post.
Faeser stressed that the number of repatriations this year was already 27% higher than in the same period last year. "Nevertheless, we must provide for regulations that enable us to enforce our law more consistently and more quickly," she told the paper.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
