Keyword: AsylbLG

State Social Court of Lower Saxony-Bremen – Decision of March 25, 2025 – Case No.: L 8 AY 37/24

Legal norms: Section 1a Paragraph 3 Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act (AsylbLG), Section 73a Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Social Court Act (SGG) in conjunction with Section 114 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) – Keywords: Legal aid, Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act (AsylbLG), benefit reduction, Göttingen district, Lower Saxony-Bremen State Social Court

State Social Court of Lower Saxony-Bremen – Decision of June 21, 2024 – Case No.: L 8 AY 8/24 B

Legal norms: Section 73a Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 of the Social Court Act (SGG) in conjunction with Section 114 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) – Keywords: Legal aid, Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act (AsylbLG), Metreleptin therapy, Medical care under the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act (AsylbLG), Lower Saxony-Bremen State Social Court

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.