"...As unbelievable as it might sound, as it struggled to reduce the destabilizing influx of refugees and migrants flooding into Germany, the coalition government led by Angela Merkel launched a campaign last year offering rejected asylum seekers financial aid if they and their families opt to return to their home countries. The money, as we reported at the time, would go toward paying their rent for their first year back, with some left over for general expenses.
But what's perhaps maybe more unbelievable, the numbers of asylum seekers applying for the program have fallen precipitously over the past year. In 2017, 29,000 people opted for the "voluntary repatriation" program - which bears the catchy title "Your Country, Your Future Now!" But that number has fallen dramatically to just 14,000 through the end of October, according to RT. To qualify, applicants must revoke their initial asylum applications and drop any appeals or further proceedings in Germany's backlogged asylum courts..."
So, in a bid to entice more migrants into taking advantage of the program, Germany's Interior Ministry has launched an advertising campaign, hoping to boost the numbers of voluntary repatriations.
It's surprising that more migrants aren't seeking to take advantage of the program, because one would imagine that, by offering such a hefty financial incentive, some migrants might calculate that it would be worth it to travel to Germany solely with the intention of dropping their asylum proceedings and taking the money.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-29/germany-doubles-payouts-migrants-who-agree-leave-country
But what's perhaps maybe more unbelievable, the numbers of asylum seekers applying for the program have fallen precipitously over the past year. In 2017, 29,000 people opted for the "voluntary repatriation" program - which bears the catchy title "Your Country, Your Future Now!" But that number has fallen dramatically to just 14,000 through the end of October, according to RT. To qualify, applicants must revoke their initial asylum applications and drop any appeals or further proceedings in Germany's backlogged asylum courts..."
So, in a bid to entice more migrants into taking advantage of the program, Germany's Interior Ministry has launched an advertising campaign, hoping to boost the numbers of voluntary repatriations.
It's surprising that more migrants aren't seeking to take advantage of the program, because one would imagine that, by offering such a hefty financial incentive, some migrants might calculate that it would be worth it to travel to Germany solely with the intention of dropping their asylum proceedings and taking the money.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-29/germany-doubles-payouts-migrants-who-agree-leave-country
