Bleiberechte zwischen Rückkehr- und Workfare-Politiken

Based on an empirical case study in the context of the research project MORE, this article examines integration-based right-to-stay regulations against the backdrop of the effects of return-oriented policies. Beyond the legal framework, the analysis focuses on implementation practices and explores the various filters embedded in existing right-to-stay regulations. The central thesis is that return oriented policies produce living conditions that in turn have an effect on the possibilities of fulfilling the requirements of integration-based rights-to-stay. This tension between return and residence policies produces a racist, neoliberal workfare-right to stay regime that filters people based on a race-class intersection.