Rejections at the border cause a dispute

On the German borders, more stringent controls are being carried out because of irregular migration. Chancellor Merz says that the controls are "like the EM". But there were no rejections at that time, unlike today. The SPD is dissatisfied.

Except for the sick, pregnant women and unaccompanied minors, according to the police, all asylum seekers are rejected at the borders, which is contrary to statements by Chancellor Merz.

The confusion surrounding rejections of refugees on German borders is growing. Federal police now contradict Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

For the first time since 2015, the Federal Police should also reject asylum seekers. A visit to the Swiss border shows that the new border regime has started as planned. However, this could only be of short duration.

The new Federal Minister of the Interior Dobrindt (CSU) has triggered a "border chaos", the Greens complain. They demand answers to detailed questions that are available to the RND. Who decides on a rejection? How much does the controls cost? And who thinks of the commuters?

Rejections of asylum seekers, Hamburg, Berlin – The vice-chairman of the SPD parliamentary group, Sonja Eichwede, has made it clear that she does not expect wide-ranging rejections of asylum seekers on the German borders. In conversation with Deutschlandfunk, she made it clear that such measures are only possible in accordance with European law and in close coordination with partner countries. The background to the comments is the debate on incr…