Federal Office for Migration and Refugees

The Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, BAMF) is a German federal agency in the area of responsibility of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. It is located in the former Südkaserne (South Barracks) in Nuremberg. It is the central migration authority in Germany and is responsible for registration, integration and repatriation of migrants. It carries out asylum proceedings and decides about asylum applications.

History

The office was founded on 12 January 1953 as "Bundesdienststelle für die Anerkennung ausländischer Flüchtlinge" (Federal Office for the Recognition of Foreign Refugees) in Langwasser, Nuremberg.

On 18 September 2015, during the European migrant crisis, Frank-Jürgen Weise, president of the German employment office Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Agency for Employment), was appointed also as chief of BAMF; since he is not allowed to have a further paid function, he serves as a head of the agency without any additional payment. Officially, the vice president of the agency took over the tasks of the office head.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Weise wird nicht Präsident – und Geld bekommt er auch nicht" [Weise will not be president - and he does not get any money either]. Frankfurter Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2016.
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