Immigration - new material (59)
01 March 2003
Vermessene Ausländer, Philip Jansen. Infodienst des Bayerischen Flüchtlingsrats, No.1/2003, pp19-20. Article on the history of Germany's central databank on foreigners (Ausländerzentralregister), which was recently extended to include personal details on religious background. It includes useful details on which authorities are authorised to access the databank (eg. the FBI), its legal basis as well as outlining how the central registration of foreigners inevitably leads to racist criminalisation by police and security services and enables swift deportations or rejection at the border. Available from: Bayerischer Flüchtlingsrat, Augsburger Str. 13, 80337 München, Tel.: 0049-89-762234, bfr@ibu.de