Chancellor's Chop: Battle for Asylum Seekers Continues, With a Spin of Convincing Justifications Ahead
The Chancellery Offers Detailed Explanations for Rejection Decisions
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The German government's stance on border rejections just took a spin. Following a court ruling in Berlin, they're gearing up to beef up their justifications for turning away asylum seekers, according to Chancellor Friko Frei.
In the heat of the asylum debate, Frei lashed back at criticism of disregarding court decisions. "There's been a first-instance ruling that didn't sit with us," the CDU bigwig told Funke Media. "We must take a closer look and possibly cook up a more compelling justification."
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Frei sounded bullish: "If we can't pull it off in this round, we'll need to delve deeper into the legal mechanics in the case's upper echelon. No worries, though, we're all about respecting court rulings. If the courts say we're lacking, we'll kick it into gear."
Knowing the ruling came, Frei said, "We've been bracing for a decision of this sort, as the legal waters here are murky as all get-out." Unflinchingly, he added, "The asylum U-turn is on the horizon."
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Frei made it plain that border control should be quick and painless. "We're not thrilled to be checking our internal borders," he said. "We're doing it because we haven't been able to fortify Europe's external borders to the point where we can junk the internal ones for good." Yuck.
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As for Frei, he's working on ironing out Europe's external border woes. "We're aiming to give the European external borders the protection they need so we can all experience smooth-sailing borderless travel within the Schengen zone once again."
When queried if national measures would vanish if the European asylum whole shebang was in place, Frei said, "You can count on there always being national regs. But we can only crack the migration mumbo-jumbo on a Euro level."
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Bonus Bits:- The government is not, for the time being, presenting new evidence to justify suspending EU law under Article 72 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The court's taken issue with the high threshold for invoking this provision, stating that the government hasn't proven an imminent threat to public order given the drop in asylum-seeker numbers over the past couple of years[1][2].- The government will continue to push its policy and explore legal avenues to back its actions, but new justifications for rejections might not surface straight away.
In the context of the asylum debate, the German government is seeking to strengthen their employments of policy-and-legislation regarding border rejections, amidst criticism for disregarding court decisions. This follows a court ruling in Berlin, with Chancellor Friko Frei stating they will work on cook up a more compelling justification for turning away asylum seekers.
Meanwhile, Frei also emphasized the need to address Europe's external border issues, aiming to establish the protection required for smooth-sailing borderless travel within the Schengen zone. However, he noted that national regulations would still remain in place with regards to migration matters.
