Category: General Law Firm News

APPEAL: Human dignity applies to everyone – including refugees! Against stricter social welfare laws and for the abolition of the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act

Joint statement from 154 organizations: For several weeks now, there have been persistent calls for in-kind benefits and benefit cuts for refugees. However, those affected already often only receive the reduced benefits under the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act. In this debate, groups are being pitted against each other, and human dignity is being violated…

APPEAL: There is only one human dignity – abolish the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act!

Many refugees receive only benefits under the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act – less than the new basic income, which, according to the law, is supposed to guarantee a dignified minimum standard of living. But human dignity knows no double standards. Human rights organizations, welfare associations, and lawyers' associations are demanding equal standards for all: The Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act must be abolished. Those affected must be integrated into the regular social welfare system.

The Federal Constitutional Court declares the so-called standard benefit level 2b for single refugees and single parents in collective accommodations to be unconstitutional

The Federal Constitutional Court has declared the reduced standard benefit level 2b for single refugees and single parents in collective accommodations under Section 2 Paragraph 1 Sentence 4 No. 1 of the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act (AsylbLG) unconstitutional. Press release of the Federal Constitutional Court: https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2022/bvg22-096.html Full text of the decision: https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidungen/DE/2022/10/ls20221019_1bvl000321.html

We are participating in https://zusammenland.de/case-study/mit-recht-zum-recht/

Since November 17, 2022, we have been participating in the project "Asylum Seeker Benefits – With Right to Justice" from https://zusammenland.de/case-study/mit-recht-zum-recht/ Because (from the explanation at https://zusammenland.de/case-study/mit-recht-zum-recht/): Things are going wrong – nationwide. In asylum seeker benefits law, 90% of all decisions are incorrect. People with tolerated stay status – …

Fretterode trial: Update – Dates until the verdict – Verdict to be delivered on September 15, 2022

Due to the illness of a judge, the Mühlhausen Regional Court has scheduled additional hearings in the so-called Fretterode trial for today's hearing date: September 2, 2022 – 10:00 a.m. (Closing arguments of the co-plaintiffs), September 7, 2022 – 10:00 a.m. (Closing arguments of the defense), September 15, 2022 – 1:00 p.m. (Delivery of the verdict) – …

Fretterode trial: Dates until the verdict is announced

The Mühlhausen Regional Court has tentatively scheduled the final hearings in the so-called Fretterode trial: August 25, 2022 – 10:00 a.m. (closing arguments of the prosecution and the co-plaintiffs), September 2, 2022 – 10:00 a.m. (closing arguments of the defense), September 7, 2022 – 1:00 p.m. (!) (delivery of the verdict) – each in courtroom IX, ground floor, …