# Germany enacts Asylum Package II

Date: 2016

Asylum Package II of 2016 accelerated some procedures, restricted family reunification for subsidiary protection, and expanded safe-country lists. It is a completed restrictiveness statute after the 2015 opening.

## People

- Angela Merkel: https://factrail.ai/people/angela-merkel

## Drivers

- Migration-policy restrictiveness and border control: https://factrail.ai/drivers/mig-policy-restrictiveness

## Sources

- https://www.dw.com/de/bundestag-beschlie%C3%9Ft-asylpaket-ii-mit-breiter-mehrheit/a-19072180
- https://www.bundestag.de/webarchiv/textarchiv/2016/kw08-de-asylverfahren-409490

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/de-asylum-package-ii-2016