nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/e758eeafcb91323c DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240229s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/e758eeafcb91323c doi eng 342 23 Quadt, Teresa Author aut (orcid)0009-0001-1990-3977 No Benefit - Germany's section 96 in light of the Kinshasa Referral Quadt, Teresa Verfassungsblog 2024-02-29 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On January 18, 2024, the German federal parliament (Bundestag) passed the controversial Repatriation Improvement Act which de facto criminalises humanitarian support for entry by land as well as entry of minors by sea, land, and air. The German provision resembles both in wording and substance Article 12 of the Italian Consolidated Immigration Act (TUI) whose compatibility with EU law the CJEU is set to rule on, following a preliminary reference procedure initiated in July 2023. While the effect of a pending referral is uncertain, in the current case, the German government should have suspended its legislative process. CC BY-SA 4.0 Criminalization of Humanitarian Work Kinshasa Case legislation migrant rights Referral to the ECJ Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/no-benefit/ raw object