Migration: Faeser: Bund monitors border carefully

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Faeser: The federal government is carefully monitoring the border

Already announced a stronger manhunt at the borders to Poland and the Czech Republic because of the many illegal entries: Nancy Faeser. photo

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Before a visit to the German-Polish border, Interior Minister Faeser emphasizes that she sees no reason for stationary checks – at the moment. Criticism of her attitude is increasing.

Despite growing criticism, Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) is currently rejecting stationary border controls with Poland – but is not completely ruling them out in the future.

“The federal government continues to carefully monitor developments at the borders,” said a ministry spokesman for the German Press Agency. “The federal government continues to see the temporary reintroduction of internal border controls at other German borders as a last resort, which must be suitable and necessary to achieve the purpose pursued.”

At the refugee summit on May 10, the federal and state governments had agreed to introduce stationary controls, such as those on the border with Austria, at other internal borders in Germany, depending on the situation. The CDU interior ministers of Brandenburg and Saxony, Michael Stübgen and Armin Schuster, are demanding that Faeser implement this for the borders with Poland and the Czech Republic. Brandenburg’s Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) also insists on it. In a letter, Faeser referred to previous fluctuations in entry via Poland.

“It needs border controls with the power to reject”

The criticism from the Union is getting louder. As long as the number of illegal entries to Germany is as high as it is now, consistent measures are needed to stop the development, said the CDU/CSU parliamentary group deputy leader Andrea Lindholz (CSU).

The Federal Minister of the Interior announced on Thursday that more people would be searched for with a veil on the borders with Poland and the Czech Republic. Brandenburg’s CDU faction leader Jan Redmann considers this a placebo. “The federal police remain a uniformed welcoming committee that drives irregular entrants to the initial reception center,” he said. “It needs border controls with the power to reject.”

The reintroduction of controls at the border with the Czech Republic is off the table for the time being, as Faeser met with her Czech colleague Vit Rakusan on Friday. There, Faeser warned of a major obstacle for commuters and the economy in the event of stationary controls. On Tuesday she will visit the joint center of the German and Polish police in Świecko (Poland) near Frankfurt (Oder) in Brandenburg. Faeser is hoping for a similar agreement there as in the case of the Czech Republic.

The mayor of Frankfurt (Oder), René Wilke (left), warns that extended controls should not hinder everyday life in the double city of Frankfurt (Oder)/Słubice (Poland). “Families, shopping, culture and sport, universities and daycare centers – everything is interlinked,” he told the dpa. “You can’t just hit the back button.”

The Greens are opposed to stationary controls. “I see massive disadvantages in terms of free border traffic,” said Brandenburg’s Integration Minister Ursula Nonnemacher (Greens). “It’s also a difficult sign for Poland.” And she refers to the long traffic jams when there were border controls during the corona pandemic.

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