Minister seeks implementation of digital recording system for refugees
The federal government and the states are in discussions about changing administrative procedures in light of the implementation of the Common European Asylum System (GEAS), with a particular focus on refugee screening.
At a recent Interior Ministers' Conference (IMK), the implementation of GEAS was a key topic. The IMK emphasized the importance of digital filling of the screening form for newly arriving refugees.
Thomas Strobl, Baden-Württemberg's Interior Minister, is an advocate for the digitization of procedures from the outset. However, it seems that the state's digitalization efforts may not have been spearheaded by Strobl, as the State Ministry has introduced F13, a bureaucratic replacement for ChatGPT, and is rolling it out nationwide, not under Strobl's digitalization portfolio.
The Ministry of Justice of Baden-Württemberg emphasizes the need to largely retain the established and proven procedures in the states for arrival, registration, and examination.
Experience shows that many refugees first file an asylum application in Germany. The form for the screening contains personal information, health check results, vulnerability test results, asylum application status, and database query results.
The idea behind GEAS is that migration can be controlled by securing the EU's external borders and fairly distributing refugees within the EU. The IMK wants the screening regulation for newly arriving refugees to be digitally designed and implemented quickly.
However, the search results do not provide direct information about proposed changes in digitalization and data collection for refugee screening in Baden-Württemberg under the Common European Asylum System (GEAS).
However, insights can be inferred from a few points. The Green-Black state government in Baden-Württemberg appears to support more extensive data collection and digital monitoring, including in contexts like migration and asylum, as indicated by their willingness to reduce data protection safeguards (from requiring “consent” to merely “consultation” by data protection authorities). This suggests a trend toward streamlining data processing and possibly increasing digitalization in refugee screening processes.
There is also mention of governmental projects aiming to “trim” data protection regulations to facilitate the use of digital tools such as AI surveillance, which may imply enhanced digital data collection practices in refugee screening and security contexts in Baden-Württemberg.
For more information, journalist Jennifer Reich can be contacted at j.reich@our website.
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The Ministry of Justice in Baden-Württemberg is advocating for a trend towards streamlining data processing and possibly increasing digitalization in refugee screening processes, as part of the Common European Asylum System (GEAS) policy-and-legislation. The discussions at the Interior Ministers' Conference (IMK) focus on rapidly digitally designing and implementing the screening regulation for newly arriving refugees, reflecting the overall politics of enhancing digitalization in administrative procedures. (Policy-and-legislation, politics)
Despite Strobl's advocacy for digitization, the State Ministry's introduction of F13, a bureaucratic replacement for ChatGPT, suggests that digitalization efforts in Baden-Württheimer may not be solely under the portfolio of Thomas Strobl. (General-news)
