45% more people rejected at German border after checks were stepped up, minister says

Minister for Economic Affairs Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer (ÖVP) considers the increased controls at the German borders to be "absolutely correct". Asylum seekers are also rejected in the controls. "We do not need social tourism", explains Hattmannsdorfer in a podcast. "I am glad and grateful that there is also a paradigm shift in migration policy in Germany," the Minister for Economic Affairs praises the new German government under Chancellor Fried…

Since the tightening of border controls a week ago, according to Federal Minister Dobrindt, the number of rejections has increased significantly.

The number of rejections on the German border has increased by 45 percent since Merz was elected chancellor. For columnist Hans-Ulrich Jörges, Interior Minister Dobrindt is therefore the winner of the day: "He has done this without hitting the plaster.

One week after his instructions to the Federal Police, Interior Minister Dobrindt takes stock on the border with Austria. The figures are small, the bigger the signal. Now there is "law-and-order at the border again," says Prime Minister Söder.

At the beginning of May, increased border controls were introduced. Interior Minister Dobrindt is already accounting for first results: More people who wanted to enter illegally were rejected.

A few hours after he took office, Federal Minister Dobrindt had announced tougher border controls. After a week, he was satisfied with a first assessment. Asylum seekers had also been rejected.