Parliamentary Hearing on the Maghreb Countries as Safe Countries of Origin
26 April 2016
The German government has reacted to the ‘refugee crisis’ with a collection of legislative initiatives reforming the German asylum system, thereby complementing ongoing initiatives at European and international level. One such measure concerns the expansion of the domestic list of ‘safe third countries’ to Algeria, Morocco and Tunesia on which the home affairs committee of the German Bundestag held a public hearing on 26 April 2016 in which Daniel Thym participated as an external expert. You may follow the debate on the ‘Parliament TV’ (in German):
