Federal Minister of the Interior: Nancy Faeser needs to increase border controls by at the very least two months | EUROtoday

Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has introduced that border controls with Poland, Czech Republic and Switzerland past December fifteenth for at the very least two months. “Our measures are working,” mentioned the SPD politician Rhenish Post. “Our fight against the unscrupulous business of smugglers, who brutally put people’s lives at risk, is successful.” Stationary and cell controls are necessary with a view to curb irregular migration to Germany and to alleviate the burden on municipalities.

Anyone who involves Germany with out a residence allow, i.e. with out a visa, as is the case with asylum seekers, has entered illegally. They are all responsible of unlawful entry, though most of the asylum purposes are later discontinued.

Controls have solely been carried out on the border to Austria since 2015. Faeser was accountable for border controls with Poland, the Czech Republic and the Switzerland on Monday prolonged till December fifteenth. According to the Interior Ministry, round 3,300 unauthorized entries have been detected and 1,100 unauthorized entries prevented because the controls had been launched on October sixteenth. “That means these measures are working and they should be continued,” mentioned a spokesman. In truth, the numbers fell extra sharply than in earlier years.

The police union (GdP) suspects that the sharp decline in latest weeks can solely be attributed to a small extent to the border controls ordered by Faeser in mid-October. Andreas Roßkopf, liable for the police union Federal Policehe mentioned Rhenish Postthat the variety of asylum seekers can’t be decreased by way of police means and that asylum purposes can’t be prevented. What must be clarified is “whether thousands of police officers should actually remain at the border or whether they should be better deployed for security in the cities and whether the asylum problem should be solved within the EU framework.” The safety scenario at dwelling is extremely delicate.