Research Centre Immigration & Asylum Law

Demographic change suddenly became tangible when airports and restaurants across Germany had to reduce services in response to a lack of workers. Labor shortages reinforced the call for legislative amendments, in addition to the reform of the Blue Card Directive agreed upon in Brussels earlier this year. In a guest essay to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German), Daniel Thym explains where the project of a points’ system could add value. There is room for liberalisation not so much with…

Gemeinsam mit der Refugee Law Clinic hat das Forschungszentrum Ausländer- und Asylrecht an der Universität Konstanz für einen Gastvortrag Dr. Constantin Hruschka zum Thema „Das Ende von Dublin? Aktuelle Reformvorschläge und Entwicklungen bei der Verteilung von Schutzssuchenden in Europa“ gewinnen können, der beim Max Planck Institut für Sozialrecht und Sozialpolitik in München tätig und ist vielfältig zum deutschen und europäischen Asylrecht publizierte.

Adoption of the Researchers Directive 2005/71/EC was an important step towards the termination of the 'zero immigration' policies, which the Member States had pursued from the 1970s onwards. Research institutions may sponsor the entry and stay of third country nationals to be admitted for work purposes. In Germany, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) was given the task of accrediting research institutions. An Advisory Council under the chairmanship of Daniel Thym supports the…