Bilateral Migration Agreements with Countries of Origin
The German government wants to breathe life into the idea of migration and mobility partnerships with important countries of origins of asylum seekers without protection needs. The rationale is simple: incentives, including legal pathways for economic purposes, shall convince third states to cooperate in the field of return. Much will depend on how the new Special Envoy for Migration, Joachim Stamp, will approach the negotiations. Daniel Thym discusses the promises and pitfalls of such agreements in an interview with the public radio station DEUTSCHLANDFUNK (‘Neuer Migrationsbeauftragter muss Arrangements mit Herkunftsländern treffen’) and an Open-Ed for FAZ EINSPRUCH ('Wie Migrationsabkommen helfen können'). Core arguments can also be found in an interview with WELT ONLINE and a contribution to DER TAGESSPIEGEL (all in German).