#OfficialPerspective: Katrin Boufflé (Potsdam Immigration Office) sees staff shortages as the biggest problem for immigration authorities.
In the series “Perspective of the Immigration Office ( #AuthorityPerspective )”, we give the immigration office a voice. Often, in immigration law, there’s a perception that authorities act unlawfully and erroneously due to personal motives, racist prejudices, or simply because of arbitrariness. While these cases certainly do occur in practice, it’s often overlooked that this isn’t necessarily a structural problem and that immigration offices face significant challenges. Limited budgets,…