After a lengthy tug-of-war within the German coalition government, the lower house, or Bundestag, passed a bill on Thursday evening including a series of measures such as extended custody to prevent deportations from failing at the last minute. In order to facilitate the deportation of foreigners without the right to stay, the measures include the extension of the legal maximum duration of detention pending deportation from 10 days to 28 days. In addition, representatives of the authorities are now also allowed to enter rooms in shared accommodation other than just the room of the person being…