Scholar Admits Migration Strategy Proposal Didn't Pan Out
In the casual, straightforward, and untamed style of today's world, respected migration expert Gerald Knaus questions the government's determination to enforce the controvertible expulsion strategy at Germany's borders. He poses a hard-hitting question - "Can the federal government keep up this charade of sending out the cops to perform something patently illicit?" This astonishing revelation comes in the insider-ish, short-form podcast "5-Minute Talk."
Gerald Knaus, renowned for his migration and border policy knowledge, sees the expulsion concept as a disaster. "Every single case that winds up in court will be lost for the government, all the way up to the European Court of Justice. The only question is, 'How long do they want to keep peddling this nonsense?'"
On a dramatic Monday, the Berlin Administrative Court adjudged the expulsion of three Somalis by the federal police to be unlawful. Gerald Knaus is perplexed by Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt's resolution to continue with the contentious approach: "At some point, the SPD - our ministerial backers - must wonder how one can send out the cops to engage in something that is blindingly obvious it's illegal."
Politics, Peanuts, and a Belated Victory for the Interior Minister
Knaus asserts, "I can't find a single soul who believes this scheme will work. So, why is the government still clinging to concepts that it flaunted as a cure-all during the election, abandoning those that succeeded in lowering the numbers, and playing footsie with other nations via secure third-country agreements in the mold of the EU-Turkey deal?"
The EU Commission unveiled potential solutions two weeks back, making legal execution of third-country deals plausible. "The SPD, CDU, and CSU in the European Parliament need to ensure it gets approved as swiftly as possible," encourages Knaus. "The majority in the EU is on our side. Then we can start parallel negotiations and propositions immediately."
Lower down the pecking order, SPD, CDU, and CSU are the political powerhouses affected. Meanwhile, the Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, whose unsuccessful plan seems to be at an end, is widely assumed to be a bit embarrassed.
SPD, CDU, CSU - The Players in this Political Drama
- SPD - The Social Democratic Party, the junior partner in the Black-Red coalition (Germany's ruling coalition).
- CDU - The Christian Democratic Union, part of the center-right coalition in Germany.
- Alexander Dobrindt – A German politician serving as Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.
- Black-Red – The colloquial name for the coalition consisting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union (CSU) (a sister party of the CDU), and the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
- Expulsions at Borders – A policy initiated by the German government to send migrants away at the border.
- Asylum Procedures in Third Countries – Joint efforts involving third countries to process asylum applications, reducing the number of immigrants in Germany.
- Gerald Knaus, in the "5-Minute Talk" podcast, predicts that every case involving the government's border policy will be lost, potentially reaching the European Court of Justice, and wonders how long the government will continue with this controversial strategy.
- Knaus also argues that the SPD, CDU, and CSU in Europe must swiftly approve potential solutions for third-country deals, allowing for immediate negotiations and propositions, so that they can move away from strategies like expulsions at the border which have been criticized by many.
