US EditionGerman Court Rules Against Sending Asylum Seekers Back to Poland at Border
- A Berlin court ruled on Monday that Germany unlawfully turned back three Somali asylum seekers at the Polish border in May 2025 without assessing their claims.
- The ruling challenged Germany's policy justified by article 72 of the TFEU, which the court said cannot be used to bypass the EU Dublin rules for asylum processing.
- Germany reinstated border controls to curb illegal migration from Poland, returning over 11,000 migrants in 14 months amid rising tensions and protests in Poland.
- Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt stated, "We will continue with the pushbacks," affirming the policy despite the court ruling applying only to this specific case.
- The decision represents a setback for Chancellor Merz's migration stance but the government plans to maintain its pushback approach, with further legal challenges expected.
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German court rules against sending asylum seekers back to Poland at border
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MSNExplainer-Court blow to Germany's new government on asylum: what happens now?
BERLIN - A court ruling that Germany could not simply return to Poland three asylum seekers who entered the country in May dealt a blow to the signature migration policy of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's new government: turning illegal migrants back at the borders. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The German chancellor Friedrich Merz insists on rejections at the German border - "within the framework of the existing European law".
A Berlin court ruled on Monday that the German government's plan to start turning back asylum seekers at the country's borders is illegal, overturning a key component of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's promised immigration curbs. Merz stressed that the ruling would not change the country's immigration policy.
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