Translation of "Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz" in English

The requirement of asylum-seekers at subsistence level is laid down in law in the Asylum-Seekers’ Benefits Act.

Which medical, psychological, therapeutic and social benefits can be granted under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act?

Once this procedure is successfully completed, the individual would then receive assistance under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act (AsylbLG).

Refugees with a residence permit or protection against deportation no longer receive benefits according to the asylum seekers benefits act if they begin a course of study.

And in the long term it is highly doubtful that so many people can be fobbed off with the limited catalogue of services for which the Benefits for Asylum Seekers Act provides.

1. are insured or subject to obligatory insurance in statutory health insurance, or 2. have a right to free treatment, to medical expenses assistance or to comparable rights to the extent of the respective entitlement, or 3. have a right to benefits in accordance with the Asylum-Seekers Benefits Act, or 4. are recipients of recurrent benefits in accordance with the Third, Fourth, Sixth, and Seventh Chapters of Social Code Book XII for the duration of the receipt of such benefits and during periods of an interruption of the receipt of benefits of less than one month if the receipt of benefits commenced prior to 1 January 2009.

Children whose parents receive benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act may, in some municipalities also receive benefits for education and participation.

With a “Aufenthaltserlaubnis” (temporary residence permit) according to § 23 para. 1 (Aufenthaltsgesetz - law of residence) due to war in the country of origin, § 24 AufenthG or § 25 para. 4 AufenthG you can receive benefits according to the AsylblG (law for benefits for asylum seekers).

Part of the restrictions from the asylum seekers benefits' law are already applied on non-employed, new limitations of self-determination are part of the recent discussion about modifying the Unemployment-law, called Hartz IV.

When you receive benefits under the Act on Benefits for Asylum Seekers (office for immigration and integration) or the Social Code Book II – Sozialgesetzbuch II (JobCenter), you may need to check before renting the flat and before the conclusion of a rental contract whether the flat is appropriate.

The demands of the strikers from Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq are the handling of the asylum applications and the recognition of the reasons of flight, the end to the isolation in Lagers, residential restriction law (Residenzpflicht) and the discriminatory and abusive treatment by means of the Law regarding the obligations of asylum-seekers (Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz).

This leads to the cancellation of the entitlement under the Asylum-Seekers' Benefits Act, but there may still be an entitlement to housing benefit.

Further care will be provided either in the KVA Vogelsbergkreis local employment agency (if you receive benefits under SGB II) or in the Lauterbach job center (if you receive benefits under the SGB III / Asylum Seeker Benefits Act).

However, the requirements for this are for the person to have drawn no benefits under the asylum seekers' benefits act in Germany in the two previous years and for no workers from Germany or the EU to be available for the position offered.

For foreign nationals with a temporary suspension of deportation who are not housed at a reception centre, the necessary demand for food, housing, heating, clothing, health and personal care and household goods according to the Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz (AsylbLG) is to be provided preferentially in cash (Section 3 paragraph 2 AsylbLG).

Foreign nationals with a temporary suspension of deportation shall not be allowed to take up gainful employment if they entered the country to receive benefits under the AsybLG (Asylum Seekers Benefits Act) or if measures to terminate their residence cannot be enforced due to reasons for which they are responsible.

In special cases, beneficiaries according to § 2 Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz receive assistance towards living expenses analogous to the benefits according to the Code of Social Law (Sozialgesetzbuch), book XII, instead of the above standard benefits.

If you are in receipt of benefits to cover the cost of living under SGB II or SGB XII (German social code) or of benefits under the asylum seekers' benefits act, the contribution to costs of the integration course can also be completely waived for you.

It is not sufficient to relax discriminating regulations such as the Residenzpflicht, the ban on employment and the law on asylum seeker benefits (Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz); rather these need to be completely abolished.

If a person receives benefits in accordance with the Benefits for Asylum Seekers Act, they may lose the right for the education and participation package if he/she meets one of the reasons for a benefit reduction.

In Bavaria, an ongoing campaign of hunger strikes, marches and occupations mobilised many refugees and challenged both Residenzpflicht and Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz along a strong claim for the right to stay.

Since the Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz, apart of the immigration legislation, was changed in July 1999, asylum seekers have received a monthly cash allowance of DM 80.

Furthermore, victims of human trafficking have access to statutory assistance under the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act and to compensation under the Victims Compensation Act when certain requirements are met.

Since the Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz, apart of the immigration legislation, was changed in July 1999, asylum seekers have received a monthly cash allowance of DM 80.

Concessionary tickets are available at the ticket office at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (upon presentation of the according ID card) for members of the circle of friends, as well as pupils, students, trainees, retirees, welfare recipients, the disabled and recipients of welfare benefits for asylum seekers.