nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/47ca80f0ae2cc506 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251128s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/47ca80f0ae2cc506 doi eng 342 23 Seiffert, Darren Author aut Undermining Asylum Protection Through Administrative Shortcuts - Germany’s Proposal to Designate Safe Countries of Origin by Executive Decree Seiffert, Darren Verfassungsblog 2025-11-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier What happens to transparency and the rights of asylum seekers when a government takes an administrative shortcut? As Constantin Hruschka argued on this blog, Germany is dismantling access to asylum in everyday practice while leaving the law itself formally intact: Asylum remains a symbolic guarantee, yet administrative measures systematically block meaningful access. One illustration of this is the German government’s recent legislative proposal to designate “safe countries of origin” (SCO) via executive decree (Rechtsverordnung) rather than through Parliament. CC BY-SA 4.0 Administrative Law Asyl Asylverfahrensrichtlinie (2013) | Europäische Union Gemeinsames Europäisches Asylsystem Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland asylum migration law safe country of origin (DE-588)4143260-5 gnd Asyl (DE-588)1196121494 gnd Asylverfahrensrichtlinie (2013) | Europäische Union (DE-588)1170699448 gnd Gemeinsames Europäisches Asylsystem (DE-588)4072133-4 gnd Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland Riemer, Lena Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/safe-countries-of-origin-by-executive-decree-germany-asylum/ raw object