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In a move that has caused a stir within the black-green coalition government, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has become the first federal state to record multiple citizenships of both suspects and victims in its crime statistics. This change, effective from July 1, 2025, and set to continue until August 27, 2027, was confirmed by the NRW Minister of the Interior, Herbert Reul, in a statement to a newspaper.
Previously, suspected criminals and victims who held both a German and another passport were only counted as Germans. However, this practice has now been altered, with the aim of providing indications of potential flight risks and escape possibilities with regard to detention grounds.
Julia Höller, the interior policy spokeswoman for the NRW Green parliamentary group, has been vocal in her criticism of this decree. She argues that a German is anyone who holds a German passport, regardless of whether there is another citizenship, in reference to the German Basic Law. Höller further states that the passport does not say anything about why someone becomes criminally involved or whether they have contacts abroad.
The "Rheinische Post" was the first to report this change, which allows the police to recognise dangers early and effectively combat crimes. The decree has been met with unusually sharp criticism from the Green coalition partner, with Höller describing it as problematic and discriminatory.
Despite this criticism, the change in recording multiple citizenships in crime statistics is set to continue for the next two years. As of August 28, 2025, at 12:26 PM, the implementation of this change remains a significant point of discussion within the political landscape of NRW.
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