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Tagged: German asylum system

The German Duldung: Legal Violence and Struggles Over the Means of Life

By Aino Korvensyrjä. Authorities and policymakers legitimised repression by portraying people concealing their passports as deceitful ‘identity refusers’.This framing is grounded in the Residence Act, which imposes ‘obligations to cooperate’ (Mitwirkungspflichten), requiring individuals to submit passports or other proof of identity to the authorities.