Klaus Blumentritt

Klaus Blumentritt (* 1941 in Wörth am Rhein , Rhineland-Palatinate ) was the German Federal Commissioner for Asylum Matters , then Director at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees. The independent lawyer is married to a French woman and has two children.

Education

After graduating from high school in Rüsselsheim , Blumentritt first studied economics at the Saarland University in Saarbrücken . He later switched to law at the Philipps University in Marburg . There he passed the first state examination in law and was appointed court trainee at the Frankfurt am Main regional court. After the 2nd state examination in law, he came to the then Federal Office for the Recognition of Foreign Refugees in 1974.

Foreigners matters

Blumentritt was the German Federal Commissioner for Asylum Matters from 1994 to 2004 and then Director at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees . He retired on February 22, 2006. The office of the Federal Commissioner was abolished with the passage of the Immigration Act.

According to his own statements, it was his job to ensure the uniformity of decisions in asylum matters and to protect the interests of the Federal Republic of Germany. He was able to take part in asylum procedures and was also entitled to sue.

criticism

The Federal Commissioner was accused by some refugee organizations of interpreting Germany's interests as a defense against refugees, as he had rarely been active in favor of rejected asylum seekers in recent years . In January 2001 the Federal Constitutional Court expressed clear criticism of his administration and criticized the fact that the Federal Commissioner intervened almost exclusively at the expense of refugees.

Web links

• Lukas Wallraff: Officials for asylum
• Federal Constitutional Court criticizes the Federal Commissioner for Asylum Matters ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: press release from the Federal Office on retirement )