Das Landessozialgericht Nordrhein-Westfalen (LSG NRW) hält die Sozialhilfe – Leistungen nach § 3 Abs 2 Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz (AsylbLG) sowie den Barbetrag nach § 3 Abs 1 AsylbLG für verfassungswidrig. Die Beträge nach § 3 AsylbLG sind nach Auffassung des LSG NRW bereits der Höhe nach evident unzureichend, da die Regelsätze nach dem SGB II bzw. SGB XII um 31 % unterschritten würden....
The German Government decided to revoke the caveat against the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The Cabinet voted on the 3rd of May 2010 to finally ratify the CRC without the reservations concerning the procedural rights of minors, ending 18 years of discrimination against non-German youth. Germany was unique in treating minors of 16 and older the same as adults when it came to the application...
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled on the 4th of June 2009 on the matter of the exclusion of EU-Citizens who are seeking a job in another member-state from welfare in that state.
The case – C-22/08 and C-23/08 (Vatsouras/Koupatantze v. ARGE Nürnberg) – was based on claims by Greek workers who had applied for Hartz IV – benefits (SGB II). The ARGE/Jobcenter had denied the...
According to the new Directive on the execution of the Aufenthaltsgesetz (AufenthG), the German Immigration Law, emergency patients in hospitals who are foreign nationals without papers must not be reported to the Immigration authorities (Auländerbehörde) by hospital staff or the social welfare office (Sozialämter).
The new Directive by the Federal Ministry of the Interior came into effect as...