Germany turns first asylum seekers away at border

The tone between Switzerland and Germany is intensifying. Switzerland does not want to withdraw asylum seekers from the neighbouring country. On the way with the German police at the border.

Last week, Germany announced that it will refuse asylum seekers at the border. Whether neighboring countries on the route to Germany will cooperate is still unclear.

«Get out of the car. Against the wall. Open your arms and spread your legs», ordered a German police officer to two men in Berggieshübel (Saxony), at the new border control on the A17 motorway, near the border with the Czech Republic. They come from Libya and do not have permission to enter the country, so they are searched, searched and returned. Ten years ago there was no image like this. In his first hours as chancellor, Friedrich Merz gave t…

Germany’s border controls are annoying the neighbours

Especially the Poles

Rejection instead of long examination procedures: Asylum seekers should also be systematically rejected at the borders - with large personnel costs. The federal police face a dilemma. By Kerstin Breinig.

For one week, federal police have also been rejecting asylum seekers at internal borders. By the end of the year, 15 500 officials are expected to lock down Germany. Police unionists are still complaining.