Dobrindt Vows to Tighten up Border Controls as New Interior Minister
Immediate Enforcement of Tightened Border Controls by Dobrindt After Assuming Office - Strict border controls to be enforced promptly by Dobrindt upon assuming office.
Get ready for a shakeup at the border, because Dobrindt, freshly appointed as Interior Minister, has vowed to beef up border controls and increase rejections. He's adamant about putting an end to the steady flow of illegal immigration, asserting that "humanity and order require control, clarity, and consequence."
Thorsten Frei, the future head of the Chancellery, echoes Dobrindt's sentiments, promising "intensive border checks in a short time." However, Frei reassures EU allies that they have no intention of restricting freedom of movement permanently or scrapping the Schengen Agreement. Stationary border controls, he suggests, might serve as a temporary measure to regain control.
The discussions with neighboring countries, including France, Austria, and Poland, have yielded a significant consensus, Frei adds. Meanwhile, several federal states have pledged their support for the future federal government's tough stance on border control, with Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann stating, "We're not going to let everyone in just because they want to."
Support for the stricter border controls comes from Alexander Throm, the CDU's interior expert, who anticipates a "real security gain" from the new measures. On the flip side, former Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann expresses skepticism, questioning how Dobrindt's grand announcements will translate into action as Interior Minister.
To address the increased demands on border control, the federal police are set to hire several thousand additional officers. However, the German Police Union (GdP) warns against neglecting the federal police's other crucial tasks, such as rail safety and air security. Currently, the federal police can manage along the state borders thanks to hundreds of reserve police officers pitching in, but the GdP fears that increasingly stringent border controls will soon prove too much for the available workforce.
As the number of asylum applications is expected to drop significantly this year due to existing measures, the outgoing Federal Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser, expects that the figure could drop below 100,000, last seen in 2012. Since October 2023, the Federal Police has already rejected over 53,000 applicants.
Germany's new Interior Minister, Alexander Dobrindt, is known for his hardline migration stance within the CSU. His appointment signals a shift towards prioritizing domestic security and immigration restrictions. Exactly what Dobrindt's border control plans entail remains unclear, but his true intentions are likely to become evident as he settles into his new role.
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- The Commission has also adopted a proposal for a directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to ionizing radiation, as Germany's new Interior Minister, Alexander Dobrindt, is known for his hardline migration stance within the CSU.
- Despite the shift towards prioritizing domestic security and immigration restrictions, Germany's new Interior Minister, Alexander Dobrindt, has been cautious about stating his explicit border control plans, echoing a general news trend of political ambiguity and policy-and-legislation progression.
- As tensions rise in Germany's internal politics over border control, the European Union's Schengen Agreement remains under scrutiny, fueling discussions within the realm of policy-and-legislation and political discourse channels, including general news and migration topics.
- The German government's tightened border controls, led by Interior Minister Dobrindt, have resulted in an increasing number of rejections, causing concern among various sectors, such as politics, migration policy, and labor safety, including the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Germany's new Interior Minister, Alexander Dobrindt, asserts that "humanity and order require control, clarity, and consequence," reflecting the ongoing debate over the balance between migration policy and the safety and wellbeing of workers, within the context of domestic politics and the European labor market.
