Germany to strip asylum seekers of legal support

Merz to abolish automatic assignment of lawyers, with red tape blamed for deportation backlog

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Merz to abolish automatic assignment of lawyers, with red tape blamed for deportation backlog

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Germany is set to strip rejected asylum seekers of their automatic right to a lawyer in a bid to speed up deportations.

dailymail.co.uk8 mesi fa

Surprising drop in chancellor’s popularity – despite his asylum crackdown – provides cautionary tale for No 10

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Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed a tough crackdown on irregular immigration, saying this is the only way to stem…

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It comes after the newly elected chancellor scrapped Angela Merkel 's open border policy by issuing orders to turn undocumented…

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The number of refugees in the country has fallen by 50,000 in 2025 as Merz takes a tougher stance

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BERLIN: German rights groups took to the courts Friday on behalf of Afghans who were offered refuge by Berlin but are now caught…

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