Can i make an asylum request even if I'm not coming from my country of origin?

Question

I am originally from country A, but currently working in country B.

My work contract in country B is ending tomorrow so i have to return to my country through a layover in Frankfurt.

Can i still make an asylum request at the airport even if i'm not coming from my home country? And if the request is for reason denied, which country will i be returned to?

Answer 1

Hi @User1234,

An important thing to know would be if country B is an EU country or not. If it is an EU country, then the Dublin procedure would apply and you could be returned to country B to have your asylum case heard.

Otherwise you can have your asylum application heard in Germany. At Frankfurt airport there is a special asylum procedure for people who make an application for asylum. This is called the airport procedure (Flughafenverfahren) and is only for the following people:

Those from a list of countries Germany considers to be safe third countries of origin:

• Albania,
• Bosnia and Herzegovina,
• Ghana,
• Kosovo,
• North Macedonia,
• Montenegro,
• Senegal, and
• Serbia.

Those who do not have a valid passport.

For other people who apply for asylum, the regular asylum procedure applies.

Here is more information about the special airport procedure:

https://***.bamf.de/EN/Themen/AsylFluechtlingsschutz/Sonderverfahren/Flughafenverfahren/flughafenverfahren-node.html

This NGO works with refugees and asylum seekers at the airport:

https://***-diakonie--frankfurt--offenbach-de.translate.goog/ich-suche-hilfe/fluechtlinge/kirchlicher-fluechtlingsdienst-am-flughafen/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Let us know if you have any other questions.

Best,

Éanna