Undermining Asylum Protection Through Administrative Shortcuts - Germany’s Proposal to Designate Safe Countries of Origin by Executive Decree Seiffert, Darren Author aut Riemer, Lena Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-11-28 eng
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 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 Seiffert, Darren Administrative Law Asyl Asylverfahrensrichtlinie (2013) | Europäische Union Gemeinsames Europäisches Asylsystem Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland asylum migration law safe country of origin Asyl Asylverfahrensrichtlinie (2013) | Europäische Union Gemeinsames Europäisches Asylsystem Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/safe-countries-of-origin-by-executive-decree-germany-asylum/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/47ca80f0ae2cc506 251128 10.59704/47ca80f0ae2cc506 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)