The head of the German Interior Ministry announced that Berlin currently has no plans to introduce permanent controls at the border with Poland. Paweł Jabłoński, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, responded to this information on Twitter.
Oh my… Despite the requests and efforts of the German and pro-German opposition, the German-Polish border will remain open. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.
– He wrote Pawel Jablonski.
But don’t worry: PO will definitely keep trying
– added.
The head of the German Ministry of the Interior on control measures at the borders with Poland and the Czech Republic
The head of the German Ministry of the Interior, Nancy Faeser, explained the plans of the German Ministry of the Interior to introduce control measures at the borders with Poland and the Czech Republic – a particularly large number of asylum seekers have recently arrived in Germany from these two directions arrived. Faeser has announced measures to tighten border controls, dpa reports.
Faeser stated at a meeting of the Bundestag’s Home Affairs Committee that she currently does not plan to introduce permanent checkpoints at the borders with the Czech Republic and Poland, as is the case at the German-Austrian border. However, the minister “does not rule out this in the future,” dpa added, citing information obtained from participants in Wednesday’s meeting.
The head of the Ministry of the Interior emphasized that the plans to tighten controls at the borders with the Czech Republic and Poland are aimed at combating human smuggling. These actions should be taken in a “variable and flexible” manner. Faeser has reached an agreement on such cooperation with the Czech Republic, which “also includes inspections on the Czech side of the border.” Germany has also signed similar agreements with Switzerland.
The minister also explained that flexible controls are an effective measure in the fight against human trafficking, without negative consequences for the daily lives of people who commute, for example to work in the border zone.
Now we have to see what effect these additional controls will have
– said Faeser, announcing that she “does not categorically rule out” the introduction of stationary inspections at a later date, which must be requested in advance from the European Commission.
Since the autumn of 2015, such stationary inspections have been taking place in Bavaria, on the border with Austria. These controls, which were first reported to the European Commission by the then Minister of the Interior Thomas de Maizière (CDU), have since been expanded many times.
Due to the increased number of people seeking asylum in Germany this year, CDU politicians called on Minister Faeser to ask her to also introduce such controls at the borders with the Czech Republic and Poland.
During the first eight months of this year, German police tracked down almost 71,000 people. illegal entries. The main countries of origin of migrants are Syria, Afghanistan, Turkiye and Iraq. In the same period, more than 204,000 people applied for asylum in Germany. people – that is 77 percent more than in the same period last year.
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Source: wPolityce