Asylum – International Women* Space https://iwspace.de Feminist, anti-racist political group in Berlin Thu, 18 Mar 2021 14:28:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://iwspace.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-hand-purple-small-32x32.png Asylum – International Women* Space https://iwspace.de 32 32 Frequently Asked Questions at the Intersection of Flight and Protection Against Violence https://iwspace.de/2018/01/frequently-asked-questions-at-the-intersection-of-flight-and-protection-against-violence/ Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:57:11 +0000 http://iwspace.de/?p=65776 FAQBff: Bundesverband Frauenberatungsstellen und Frauennotrufe – Frauen gegen Gewalt e.V. and Frauenhaus Koordinierung e. V. are delighted to present the English and german versions of the FAQ document that provides responses to frequently asked questions on legal regulations at the intersection of flight and protection against violence. The document has been prepared by the Association of Women’s Shelters (FHK e.V.) and the Federal Association of Rape Crisis Centres and Women’s Counselling Centres (bff e.V.) and in close cooperation with the lawyer Barbara Wessel.

The FAQ begins with a glossary that clarifies key terms and their consequences for female refugees.

The FAQ then continues with a number of questions that are categorised according to ten broader topics. Some of the questions recur because they belong to different topics at the same time. These are the ten thematic areas:

1. Regulations relating to asylum and residence matters

2. Gender-specific violence as a reason for asylum and its role during the asylum procedure

3. Marriage and family law

4. Medical care and social benefits

5. Funding of counselling and protection for refugee women

6. Protective measures for refugee women living in shelters

7. Admission of female refugees to women’s shelters

8. Name change as a protective measure

9. The impact of the new penal code for sexual offences on residential regulations

10. Church asylum

Please note that legal regulations frequently change in this field. This FAQ is concerned with the legal situation as of November 2017.

The FAQ will be amended and updated as required on the website of bff and FHK:

English:
http://www.frauenhauskoordinierung.de/gewalt-an-frauen/gewaltschutz-und-flucht/faq-en.html (FHK)

German:
https://www.frauen-gegen-gewalt.de/gewalt-gegen-gefluechtete-frauen.html (bff).

]]> 13 years in Germany & threatened with deportation many times https://iwspace.de/2015/04/13-years-threatened-with-deportation-many-times/ Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:04:07 +0000 http://iwspace.de/?p=57842

“I’ve been here for 13 years and threatened with deportation many times” – Regina

My name is Regina, I come from Uganda. I’ve been here in Germany for the last 13 years. I apply for political asylum, they reject. I apply again, they reject. I’ve been applying for so many times. And all this time I’ve been living with a ‘Duldung’, which simply means that I’m just being … they are just being patient with me … I’m just being tolerated.

Listen to Regina tell her story:

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