Members of the Commission for Cases of Hardship, as of 1 January 2015

Chair of the Commission for Cases of Hardship and Fax: 0331 74351-33 0331 74351-33 Director of the Administrative Office and Deputy Email: [email protected] [email protected] Name: Patricia Chop-Sugden Andreas Keinath Address: Brandenburg Ministry of the Interior and Municipal Affairs Brandenburg Association of Rural Districts Henning-von-Tresckow-Str. 9-13 Voting Member Deputy 14467 Potsdam Name: Silvia Enders Mathias Wittmoser Telephone: 0331 866-2200 0331 866-2210 Address: District of Dahme-Spreewald District of Ostprignitz-Ruppin Fax: 0331 866-2202 0331 866-2399 - Office of Public Order - Office of Public Safety and Traffic Email: [email protected] Beethovenweg 14 Heinrich-Rau-Str. 27-30 15907 Lübben (Spreewald) 16816 Neuruppin Evangelical Church -Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia Brandenburg Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Telephone: 03546 2015-18 03391 688-3601 Voting Member Deputy Health, Women’s and Family Issues Fax: 03546 2015-55 03391 688-3602 Name: Monique Tinney Joachim Harder Email: silvia.enders@ [email protected] Press and Public Relations Location: Potsdam Neuruppin dahme-spreewald.de Telephone: 030 450577055 03391 5105397 Henning-von-Tresckow-Straße 2–13 Brandenburg Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Women’s and 14467 Potsdam Email: [email protected] [email protected] Family Issues www.masgf.brandenburg.de Catholic Church (Archdiocese Berlin) Voting Member Deputy Voting Member Deputy Name: Ulrich Wendte Christina Böcker Name: Dr. Franz Josef Conraths Michael Kaulfuß Address: Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Women’s and Family Issues Division 25 Telephone: 033971 52801 033200 86011 Henning-von-Tresckow-Str. 2-13 State of Brandenburg Integration Commissioner 14467 Potsdam Refugee Organisations of the State of Brandenburg Email: integrationsbeauftragte@ (Flüchtlingsrat Brandenburg) Telephone: 0331 866-5250 0331 866-5251 masgf.brandenburg.de Voting Member Deputy Fax: 0331 866-5209 0331 866-5209 Name: Kirstin Neumann Simone Tetzlaff Email: ulrich.wendte@masgf. christina.boecker@ brandenburg.de masgf.brandenburg.de Telephone: 0160 5633193 03302 222918 Email: neumann@fluechtlingsrat- asylberatung. Brandenburg Ministry of the Interior and Municipal Affairs Brandenburg Ministry of the Interior and brandenburg.de [email protected] Voting Member Deputy Municipal Affairs Umbrella Organisations of Welfare Work for the State of Brandenburg Name: Hans-Jürgen Wende Klaus-Christoph Clavée Voting Member Deputy Address: Brandenburgisches Oberlandes- Division 21 gericht Name: Ina Stiebitz Thomas Thieme Foreigners’ and Asylum Seekers’ Rights, Citizenship Gertrud-Piter-Platz 11 Address: Flüchtlingsberatungsstelle Caritasverband für das Erzbistum 14770 Brandenburg an der Law, Oversight of the Central Foreigners’ Regis- des Diakonischen Werkes Berlin e. V. Telephone: 030 80284-67 03381 39200 Potsdam e. V. Representative for the Districts of Email: [email protected] klaus-christoph.clavee@ Commission for Cases tration Office (ZABH), Administrative Office of the Rudolf-Breitscheid-Str. 64 - and Dahme-Spree- olg.brandenburg.de Commission for Cases of Hardship Hinterhaus wald/Migrationsfachdienst 14482 Potsdam Eisenbahnstraße 16 State of Brandenburg Integration Commissioner of Hardship for the State Email: [email protected] 15517 Fürstenwalde/Spree Integration Commissioner Deputy Telephone: 0331 20077941 03361 770843 of Brandenburg Fax: 0331 2008382 03361 770848 Name: Dr. Doris Lemmermeier Ute Kanzler Translation: Zentrum für Internationale Sprach- Email: [email protected] [email protected] Address: Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Women’s and Family Issues dienstleistungen GmbH Administrative Dept. for the State Towns and Municipalities of the State of Brandenburg Brandenburg Integration Commissioner Layout: vantronye – visuelle kommunikation Henning-von-Tresckow-Str. 2-13 Voting Member Deputy 14467 Potsdam Printing: Druckerei Grabow Medien GmbH Name: Thomas Golinowski Monika Gordes Telephone: 0331 866-5013 0331 866-5016 Circulation: 400 copies Address: c/o Brandenburg Towns and Municipalities Fax: 0331 275485013 0331 275485016 Stephensonstr. 4 14482 Potsdam Email: [email protected] November 2018 Telephone: 0331 74351-23 0331 74351-0 What is the Commission for Cases of Hardship? formation, in particular changes in accessibility, must Can deportation take place during the What information is required for a review by the be communicated immediately to the member. Legal consultation process by the Commission for Commission for Cases of Hardship? The mandate of the Hardship Commission is to re- assistance is not required through the process. Cases of Hardship? view whether there are urgent humanitarian or per- sonal reasons to exceptionally justify a prolonged § 4 Paragraph 4 of the HFKV specifies that the re- Name, first name, date of birth, citizenship/ethnicity, stay in for individual cases of foreigners sponsible Foreigner’s Registration Office, on order of marital status, current address (accessibility during who are obliged to leave the country based on an en- the Minister of the Interior and Municipal Affairs, de- the entire procedure is very important), responsible forceable decision. § 23a of the German Residence The Commission for Cases of Hardship is only able sists from issuing a deportation for the duration of the Foreigners’ Registration Office Act (Aufenthaltgesetz, AufenthG) and the Regula- to address cases in which there is otherwise no consultation process by the Commission for Cases tion for Commissions for Cases of Hardship (Härte- longer opportunity to issue a residency permit ac- of Hardship. This does normally not apply to cases fallkommissionsverordnung, HFKV) form the legal cording to regulations governing the rights of foreign- in which there is already a deadline for repatriation. basis for the activities of the Commission for Cases ers. Moreover, it must be convincingly demonstrated Information on the legal situation for the foreigner, in of Hardship of the State of Brandenburg. that the deportation would entail particular hardship particular the deadline for deportation. due to urgent humanitarian or personal factors for When is a procedure for a case of The Commission for Cases of Hardship is a body the individual concerned, even when compared to hardship excluded? established by the government that operates inde- other affected individuals. It is also imperative that pendently of administrative authorities. The commit- a Foreigner’s Registration Office in Brandenburg is A procedure for a case of hardship is excluded if a Correspondence with the authorities, written plead- tee consists of ten members who are proposed and responsible for the opportunity for residency. residency permit can still be obtained through anoth- ings to a legal entity, documents relating to residency appointed by the churches, welfare organisations, er process for residency or asylum or if only grounds or asylum, court rulings and decisions refugee organisations, the communal umbrella or- are established that have already been reviewed or ganisations and then state government (see list of The Commission for Cases of Hardship generally will still be reviewed as obstacles to deportation that members in this leaflet). meets once per month. The applications are dis- relate to the country of destination. cussed in detail. If a minimum of two thirds of the Presentation of the humanitarian or personal reasons commission members who are eligible to vote deter- Please refer to the website for the Commission for that show probably hardship as a result of deporta- How does a Hardship Case review process mine that the specifics of an individual case justified Cases of Hardship of the State of Brandenburg tion (submit copies of any documents). Evidence of proceed? hardship, the commission files a hardship petition to successful integration is very important (language the Minister of the Interior and Municipal Affairs. www.mik.brandenburg.de/de/haertefallkommission skills, volunteer work, employment contract or offer, Cases of hardship may only be only be presented by social relationships, etc.). members of the Commission for Cases of Hardship. for other reasons for preclusion of a procedure that Thus, affected individuals should contact a member are specified by the HFKV. The member who reviews of the Commission directly. If a member comes to The Minister of the Interior and Municipal Affairs the application will assess the case for potential the conclusion that an application is justified and decides whether he agrees with the petition. If he is grounds for exclusion and will advise you if there are Declaration of consent from the person concerned has a chance of success, the member will then pre- in agreement, a residency permit is then issued in such grounds. and, if relevant, declaration of consent from relatives pare the documentation and present the application arrangement with the responsible Foreigner’s Reg- to deal with personal information and to inspect re- to the Commission for deliberation. The respective istration Office in accordance with § 23a of the Ger- cords and files. member remains the contact person for the applying man Residence Act. individual throughout the entire process. Any new in-

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