Germany proposes new path to residency, work for migrants in limbo

Germany proposes new path to residency, work for migrants in limbo


ON THE GROUND

Ahmad and Ramin, Afghan asylum seekers in Berlin.
Ahmad and Ramin, Afghan asylum seekers in Berlin. © France 24

Some 200,000 migrants in Germany have been living in legal limbo, unable to work, with a visa status known as “tolerated”. These migrants’ asylum claims have been rejected, but they cannot be deported, often because crisis situations in their home countries won’t allow it. The government now wants to address their plight by granting some of them legal residency status.