The Federal Ministry of the Interior has ordered massive border controls at Germany’s external borders. The measures are to last for six months.
Berlin – Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) has ordered temporary border controls at all German external borders. The new measure will initially last for six months from September 16. This was announced on Monday (September 9) by government circles. The reason for the decision is to protect internal security from Islamist terrorism and cross-border crime, as well as to limit irregular migration.
The federal government is thus reacting to a migration meeting with the Union faction and state representatives last week. After this, a “model for effective rejections that comply with European law” was developed, it continued. The measures described in it are intended to go beyond the rejections currently taking place. A confidential meeting with representatives from the Union parties on the topic is also scheduled for Tuesday (September 10).
“Massively reduce immigration” – Söder calls for tough action at Germany’s external borders
Shortly before the Interior Minister’s announcement, Markus Söder (CSU) called for tougher action at Germany’s external borders. “We must massively reduce immigration,” he demanded on Monday (September 9) at the annual meeting of the German District Council in the Seeon monastery in Upper Bavaria.
To achieve this, Germany must rely on more rejections at its borders. “What works in Denmark must ultimately work here too,” said Söder. He questioned the legal review of this approach and pointed out that without massive rejections at the borders, the joint working group would make no sense.
Traffic light coalition and Union meet for migration summit – Union with demands on the traffic light coalition
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) recently announced that he would approach the CDU and CSU parties more closely on the issue of migration. To this end, the Chancellor wants to meet with representatives from the CDU and the federal states on Tuesday (19 September). Whether this meeting actually takes place, however, depends on whether the demands made by CDU leader Friedrich Merz are met, reported the Daily News.
The core of the demands is the rejection of refugees at Germany’s external borders. “And the coalition must now come to this opinion. Then we can move on,” said the parliamentary manager of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Thorsten Frei, on Monday (9 September) in the ARD Morning Magazine.
Rejections at Germany’s external borders – traffic light split on refugee issue
There is disagreement within the traffic light coalition about the effectiveness of the stricter border controls. The Greens, for example, are calling for more controls in neighboring countries. However, the party is open to proposals that are based on the Basic Law and the EU-Right, said Irene Mihalic of the Rheinische Post. (nhi)
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