US EditionGerman expulsion of asylum seekers by border police unlawful, court rules
- On Monday, 2025, a court in Berlin declared that the German government's policy introduced on May 7 to expel asylum seekers at its borders violates the law.
- The policy, introduced after Chancellor Friedrich Merz's cabinet took office, aimed to curb irregular migration but faced legal challenge from three Somali nationals denied entry at Frankfurt an der Oder on May 9.
- The court found the pushbacks violated the EU's Dublin rules and rejected the government's claim that public security risks justified bypassing these rules, noting the government failed to prove such risks.
- Data show 1,676 people were denied entry in two weeks under the policy, including 32 asylum seekers, while the court stated, “people who express the wish to seek asylum... May not be sent back.”
- The ruling challenges a flagship measure of Merz's conservative government, heightens tensions with neighboring countries, and may affect future migration policies, including planned suspension of family reunifications for two years.
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The new government tightens the controls and rejections at German borders. How this practice can be justified legally remains open.
Berlin Court Rules Rejection of Asylum Seekers at Borders Unlawful - teleSUR English
The court ruled that the deportation contravened the European Union’s Dublin Regulation. On Monday, a Berlin administrative court ruled that the German government violated European Union asylum laws by deporting three Somali nationals at its eastern border with Poland, casting uncertainty over Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s newly introduced migration policy. RELATED: Germany Reports Record Number of Politically Motivated Crimes The three asylum see…
The Berlin Administrative Court has declared the tougher course towards asylum seekers at the borders illegal. Many others will follow this judgment, which can look completely different, but the case shows how dysfunctional the European asylum system is.
According to the Berlin court decision, the Federal Government would have to put an end to the practice of rejecting refugees. However, it does not want to do so and thus shows a questionable legal understanding.
Despite the setback in court, the German government maintains its course of increased controls and rejections at the German borders. Even though the "playrooms here may have been narrowed a little again", Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz stressed on Tuesday. The rejection of asylum seekers at border controls on German territory is illegal after an urgent decision of the Berlin Administrative Court. Without the so-called Dublin procedure, they c…
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