Cranking up border control: Dobrindt's plan to beef up cops at Germany's land borders
Enhancing Border Patrol Approvals for Reinforced Law Enforcement - Increased Police Patrol at Borders, as Per Dobrindt's Decision
Wanna know what's cookin' in Germany these days? Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), their freshly minted Interior Minister, is cookin' up a storm! He's proposing to beef up the cops at Germany's land borders to crack down on the irksome issue of irregular migration.
Here's the lowdown: Dobrindt's plan involves deploying more fuzz at border zones to curb the pesky flow of unlawful immigrants sneaking into Germany. According to the German Press Agency nitty-gritty, Dobrindt's meeting with Federal Police President Dieter Romann and the President of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Hans-Eckhard Sommer, today will cover the nitty-gritty details.
Andreas Roßkopf, chairman of the police union for the Federal Police and customs, told the "Rheinische Post" that the border service points have already received orders to adjust their duty plans for extra availability. The "Spiegel" suggests that the Federal Reserve Police contingent at the border will double to a whopping twelve hundred, with mobile control and surveillance units added pronto. border inspection post officers are also expected to work grueling twelve-hour shifts.
Supporters of this plan claim that police officers will find relief elsewhere: more rejections mean less people's data to record and fewer asylum seekers to escort to initial reception facilities. However, police union representatives had previously issued a warning about overloading the Federal Police.
Temporary border controls, initially introduced at Austria's border in 2015 and gradually extended to all border sections by the traffic light government, are set for a strengthening. Asylum seekers are to be summarily rejected following Dobrindt and Chancellor Friedrich Merz's announcement during the election campaign.
The Union and SPD coalition agreement states, "We will carry out rejections at our common borders also in the case of asylum applications in coordination with our European neighbors." However, the specifics of "in coordination" remain unclear: whether it means gaining the consent of neighbors or simply consulting them.
In essence, Dobrindt's plan is all about fortifying police presence at borders, rejecting most asylum seekers upon arrival, and enforcing stricter migration rules to minimize the flow of irregular migrants into Germany. These measures are aimed at bolstering "order and security" within the country by stamping out illegal migration and upping deportations when necessary.
- The new Interior Minister of Germany, Alexander Dobrindt, is proposing an employment policy focused on beefing up the border police to combat irregular migration.
- Dobrindt's plan includes the deployment of more border officers to prevent unlawful immigrants from entering Germany, as suggested by the Rheinische Post.
- According to the German Press Agency, Dobrindt's meeting with Federal Police President Dieter Romann and the President of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Hans-Eckhard Sommer, will discuss the specifics of this employment policy.
- With the increased border control, border inspection post officers are expected to work longer shifts, with the Federal Reserve Police contingent at the border potentially doubling to a thousand, and the addition of mobile control and surveillance units.
