US EditionGerman Police Fear Legal Consequences over Pushbacks at Border
- In May 2025, three Somali asylum seekers tried to enter Germany from Poland but were turned back under new border policies.
- The pushback followed directives by Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, who suspended the Dublin Regulation and ordered police to reject irregular migrants.
- The refugees, aided by NGO Pro Asyl, sued the German government, prompting the Berlin Administrative Court to rule the pushbacks unlawful and require asylum processing per EU law.
- In response to the ruling, the DPolG lodged a criminal report targeting unidentified individuals suspected of assisting the Somalis, while Dobrindt confirmed that pushback operations would persist despite ongoing legal disputes.
- The case highlights legal and political tensions under Chancellor Merz's stricter migration stance, with uncertain implications for Germany's border policy and asylum system.
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NGOs have helped three rejected Somalis to send asylum in writing and to enter Germany. According to a Euronews report, the head of the federal police union has now filed a lawsuit for "infiltration" and "forgery of documents".
Three judges of the Berlin Administrative Court have been defamed and threatened since their urgent decision on asylum.
Police in This European Country Face Prosecution for Protecting the Border.
PULSE POINTS:What Happened: Following a court ruling declaring rejection of illegals at the border unlawful, German police fear they may face prosecution for carrying out their duties.Who’s Involved: German federal police, Berlin Administrative Court, federal police union chairmanAndreas Roßkopf, and Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt.Key Quote: “The directive must be implemented, but the liability of colleagues must be explicitly removed in t…
How asylum advocates, a corrupt Green judge, some Polish NGO and three Somali migrants collaborated to attack Friedrich Merz's new border policy
Every time anybody tries to do anything sensible, a whole swarm of activists and judges collude to explain why you have to resign yourself to national suicide instead.
Despite a different court decision, the Union maintains the practice of rejecting asylum seekers at the border. Federal Minister Dobrindt finds it "abhorrent" that police officers could be prosecuted for this. But now there is a contradiction.
A court declares the rejection of three Somalis on the border illegal – the police union complains of insecurity to officials. Minister of Chancellery Frei sees no fundamental importance in the judgment.
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