Regarding the controversial proposals of the interior ministers of the federal states, the Committee on Internal Affairs of the Bundestag has not determined its position. The adoption of new rules for Jewish immigration is outside the competence of the Bundestag, but parliamentarians intend to organize a series of working meetings on this issue. In addition, they called on Federal Minister of the Interior Otto Schily to "urge the interior ministers of the states to expedite a decision on this matter."
Members of the parliamentary committee on internal affairs share the opinion of the interior ministers of the federal states that Jewish immigrants should have a better command of the German language in the future. Furthermore, a potential dependence of a given immigrant on social assistance should not be a reason for denying the right to immigrate to Germany. According to Reinhard Grindel, a representative of the CDU parliamentary group, special rules should be developed for the 27,000 Jews currently awaiting permission to emigrate to Germany during the transition to the new legislation.
Representatives of all parliamentary factions agreed that it is important to prevent abuses regarding the rules for Jewish immigration. And the chairwoman of the Committee on Internal Affairs, Cornelie Sonntag-Wolgast, stated that the public should not think that "we are closing the door for immigrants halfway or three-quarters of the way."
According to Deutsche Welle, the final decision on the new rules for Jewish immigration to Germany will not be known until spring, when the conference of interior ministers of the federal states takes place.
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