Berlin (dpa) – The future FDP politician Joachim Stamp should ensure that migration to Germany is more regular and the return of rejected asylum seekers works better. As the Federal Ministry of the Interior announced on Wednesday upon request, he should start his work as a special representative for migration on February 1.

Stamp is Minister for Refugees and Integration in North Rhine-Westphalia until June 2022. Following the end of the FDP government’s participation, her party is campaigning to entrust the 52-year-old with a new post of special representative agreed to in the traffic light governing coalition agreement.

In terms of facilitating visas and labor migration, Stamp is likely to be met with great willingness from the governments of origin countries of migrants and asylum seekers – even if in some places there may be fears of a brain drain. The task of persuading countries that have so far been reluctant to cooperate more in taking back rejected asylum seekers from Germany may be even more difficult. For example, some countries refuse deportation by charter flights, while others extend procedures to identify their nationals who have to leave the country.

In December, the federal government signed a migration agreement with India meant to facilitate the immigration of Indians for study, training and work. According to Federal Home Affairs Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD), it should also simplify the deportation of those who are obliged to leave the country to India through “clear procedures for their identification and repatriation.”

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