Germany Updates: Extra Border Checks Unsustainable

Germany's tougher border controls show early impact, but raise sustainability concerns

BERLIN, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Amid growing migration pressures, Germany's recently intensified border controls and increased asylum rejections are beginning to yield results. Even as the Federal Ministry of the Interior showed no signs of rolling back, the police union warned on Monday that the measures are not sustainable in the long run. Read full story

Germany’s border crackdown can only last ‘a few more weeks’ – police - Anonymous Wire

Law enforcement is overstretched under the new rules, a representative has said Germany’s new border crackdown can only be sustained for “a few more weeks,” the country’s police union has warned, citing mounting pressure on officers tasked with enforcing the policy. The warning comes two weeks after the government introduced stricter border controls to curb the number of asylum seekers entering the country. ”We can only manage this because duty …

According to the police union GdP, the intensified border controls of the Federal Government cannot be sustained in the long term. The Union is satisfied with the results so far - but criticism comes also from the coalition partner SPD.

Germany updates: Extra border checks unsustainable

Germany has tightened its border controls, turning away asylum seekers — but police say this can't last. Meanwhile, an Iraqi couple is on trial in Bavaria, accused of enslaving two Yazidi girls. Follow DW for the latest.

No overtime reduction, no further training, changed schedules: The new border policy of the black and red government is burdening the federal police. A trade unionist is now sounding the alarm.

For the Federal Police, the more intensive controls at the borders are a force act, while the new Minister of the Interior hopes for a lasting discharge.