Ambiguous goals, uneven implementation – how immigration offices shape internal immigration control in Germany

Comparative Migration Studies

Table 2 Implementation approaches according to policies and employed logics, by level of restrictiveness re: 'tolerated' persons

Note: Interviewees were asked about their self-description indirectly, i.e. how they evaluate the practices of their office in comparison with others. If interviewees remarked about their practices as relatively ‘restrictive’ or ‘expansive’ on other occasions during the interview, this was coded as well. About half of interviewees did not disclose a self-description