Flash News

Guard employee tries to commit suicide in Student City

Rama promises from Luxembourg, with the "independent" justice, he will fight corruption

Hungarian Foreign Minister: The EU is losing weight, the enlargement procedure should be accelerated

VAT fraud scheme, the Durrës Prosecutor's Office issues arrest warrants for 4 managers of construction businesses in Fushë Krujë

Rama thanks Vladimir Putin for the second intergovernmental conference: A special moment thanks to him

Bota

Germany imposes temporary land border controls

Politiko 2024-09-09 19:35:14

Germany imposes temporary land border controls

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser announced the establishment of temporary border controls at all of Germany's land borders. The decision was taken to limit irregular migration and protect the public from Islamic extremism. The inspections will begin on September 16 and will initially last for six months.

The German government has consulted with the main opposition CDU party on ways to curb migration in the face of public concern and after a deadly knife attack by a Syrian asylum seeker last month in the city of Solingen. Last week, the anti-immigration party AfD won state elections in Thuringia and came second in Saxony.

Ms Faeser's Social Democrats face state elections in Brandenburg in two weeks, where the party governs in coalition with the Greens and Christian Democrats. Germany shares its land border of more than 3,700 kilometers with Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland. Austria's foreign minister, Gerhard Karner, told German newspaper Bild on Monday that his country would not accept any migrants turned away from Germany at the border.

"There is no room for maneuver," he said.

"There is a law for this. I have ordered the head of the federal police not to allow any return," he added.

Germany will work closely with neighboring countries in implementing temporary border controls, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Monday, adding that this would keep the impact on cross-border regions as small as possible.

"It is important for us to work in close partnership with our neighbors and minimize the impact on travelers and daily life in border regions," said Ms. Faeser.

Germany last year announced stricter controls at its land borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland in response to a sharp increase in first-time asylum applications./ VOA

Latest news