The German government has announced it would extend “temporary” checks on crossings along its entire land border on Monday, in order to try and stop migrants from entering the country illegally and making unfounded asylum claims.
Individuals without adequate documentation attempting to cross would be turned back, the government said.
Under the terms of the Dublin Regulation, asylum seekers must make a claim for refuge in the first EU country they enter.
Germany’s neighbors have reacted angrily to sweeping new border controls due to come into force next week, in a diplomatic backlash Berlin is struggling to square with a rancorous domestic debate over illegal immigration.
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk cancelled a planned trip to Germany on Friday and called for “urgent consultations” with other European countries to try and force Berlin to retract the new restrictions.
Austrian interior minister Gerhard Karner told German newspapers there was “no room for manoeuvre” and that Austria would not co-operate with Berlin’s planned clampdown.
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That loud noise was a penny dropping.
These idealised but naive aspirations of France and Germany (they hold the blame on this) to have zero internal border controls whilst having porous external ones are history.
Their experiment of act of self harm will take decades to fix.
@R3publicanSyrupForward2yrs2Y
It is quite amazing that it has taken them so long…but here they are at last.
However, it is too late for most of the EU now. The damage has been done over the last 10 years.
@9749DN7Republican2yrs2Y
America needs to order troops to our borders and secure it!
@W3lfareThrushForward2yrs2Y
Too little, too late. Without deportation, those that are already in Germany will out breed the Germans. In less than 20 years Germany will be part of the caliphate.
Will the West wake up in time?
Illegal migration is having an impact everywhere.
Germany has now had enough.
It is implementing border checks between Germany and France from September 16.
The country that pushed for EU “freedom of movement” has now stopped all free movement across land borders.
@CleverBoarsRepublican2yrs2Y
When the elite and government join forces with globalists to dismantle your country and way of life, the people must rise and confront their oppressors with steadfast resolve.
Yes, but I do think an inflexion point has been reached. It may happen (and hope) that a two tier citizen system may emerge).
Those who have robust citizenship and those who do not.
@SuperiorSnailVeteran2yrs2Y
“Irregular” migration?? Doing the right thing but still can’t label the problem for what it actually is, illegal immigrants flooding borders causing untold harms
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
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