Central Register of Foreigners

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The Central Register of Foreigners ( AZR ) is a database operated by the Federal Office of Administration (BVA) in which personal data records of foreigners are stored. The approximately 20 million personal data records stored in the AZR also include data from 4.47 million EU citizens (as of February 2009).

On the basis of the Data Exchange Improvement Act ( BGBl. I p. 130 ), which came into force on February 5, 2016 , it was possible to add new data to the basic personal details already stored in the AZR, such as names, date and place of birth and nationality, in particular with fingerprints . The AZR, which has been the central information platform for foreigner data for years, will in future also serve as the core data system (KDS) in the context of refugee management.

Content and access

Stored data of foreigners in Germany that a residence permit have or have had, as well as those that asylum desire had sought or accepted asylum seekers are.

Basic personal details, alias personal details , processing notes (including the responsible immigration authorities and file numbers ), expulsions , deportations (each with further information), rejections , requirements , restrictions, visas , etc. are saved.

The register is kept by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) and operated by the BVA. The AZR is one of the most extensive automated registers of the public administration in Germany.

6,500 partner authorities have access to this large database, including a. all immigration authorities , the BAMF, the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration and the German police and customs services (via INPOL-new ).

Legal basis

The legal basis for the AZR is the AZR Act ( BGBl. I p. 2265 ) of September 2, 1994. a. the Regulation implementing the Law on the Central Register of Foreigners (AZRG DV) of 17 May 1995 (BGBl. I 1995, p 695) and entered into force on February 5, 2016 data exchange Improvement Act ( Federal Law Gazette I, p. 130 ).

history

The predecessor of the Central Aliens Register was the Central Aliens Register introduced in 1938. As early as 1953, "[...] the call for 'increased surveillance of foreigners in the federal territory' was again loud, and a new attempt was made under the name of the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR). In 1967, the AZR was one of the first data collections to be converted to automatic data processing 1990 at the instigation of the Federal Office for the Recognition of Foreign Refugees (BAFl) the standardization of the country databases of the systems Asylon online (ASYLON) and the AZR completed. "

criticism

Data protectionists have long criticized the AZR. In 2000, the Federal Office of Administration was given a Big Brother Award for operating the Central Register of Foreigners, as this represented “institutionalized official discrimination against non-German citizens in the Federal Republic”.

The European Court of Justice ruled in December 2008 (Case C-524/06) that the AZR on EU citizens may only store such data that is absolutely necessary for the application of legal residence regulations. Use of the data to fight crime and for statistical purposes is not permitted.

Plans for an expansion

According to the coalition agreement of 2018 , the AZR is to be further developed in cooperation with the federal states “into a central foreigner file system that meets all contemporary requirements”.

literature

  • Christian Streit and Udo Heyder: Central Aliens Register Act (AZR Act) , commentary, Carl Heuymanns Verlag KG, 1997, ISBN 3-452-23226-3
  • Thilo Weichert: Commentary on the Central Aliens Register Act. Luchterhand-Verlag, Neuwied 2001, ISBN 3-472-03534-X

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Office of Administration : Central Register of Foreigners ( Memento of the original dated July 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 7, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bva.bund.de
  2. ↑ Federal Government : Printed matter 16/12569 - Storage of Union citizens in the Central Register of Foreigners (PDF; 71 kB). April 6, 2009
  3. ↑ Digitization of asylum procedures: The Federal Office of Administration enables the immediate automatic transmission of data to the registration authorities. ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Homepage of the Federal Office of Administration (BVA), accessed on November 10, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bva.bund.de
  4. ↑ Measured foreigners , [1]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 30, 2010@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / datenschutz.in-berlin.de  
  5. ↑ FoeBuD : BigBrotherAwards 2000 - Winner in the Lifetime Achievement category ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bigbrotherawards.de
  6. ↑ Court of Justice of the European Communities : Press Release No. 90/08: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-524/06 (PDF file; 113 kB), December 16, 2008
  7. ↑ A new departure for Europe. A new dynamic for Germany. A new cohesion for our country. In: coalition agreement between CDU, CSU and SPD, 19th legislative period. Retrieved March 30, 2018 .