Migrant smuggling - Faeser extends fixed border controls by three months
The stationary controls at the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland, which were first ordered in mid-October, are to be continued until at least March 15 of next year. The Federal Ministry of the Interior announced on Friday that the controls would be continued in order to combat smuggling crime even more effectively and limit irregular migration and had been notified accordingly to the European Commission.
Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) said: "Our measures are working." Thanks to the temporary border controls and measures closely coordinated with neighboring countries, the number of unauthorized entries nationwide had fallen by more than 60 percent from over 20,000 in October to around 7,300 unauthorized entries in November.
Faeser had extended border controls several times for shorter periods of time since their introduction on October 16. The stationary internal border controls at the German-Austrian border, which began in the fall of 2015, currently run until May 11, 2024.
Border controls are not actually planned within the Schengen area and must be reported to Brussels. If it is only a few days, this can be done with a short notice period. However, this option ends after two months, in the case of Germany on December 15.
FDP interior politician Ann-Veruschka Jurisch said: "It is regrettable that border controls with Switzerland are being extended until March." The member of the Bundestag, who has her constituency in Constance, complained that the resulting traffic jams and associated delays in border traffic were particularly restrictive for commuters. In any case, the checks carried out by German police officers on the Swiss side are more successful than the stationary checks at the border. This is where most of the refusals are issued.
On Thursday, the EU country Slovenia extended the border controls with neighboring countries Hungary and Croatia, which were originally planned to last until 22 December, by six months. The reason given for this was the ongoing threat of terrorism.
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- The Czech Republic, along with Poland and Switzerland, is one of the countries affected by the extended border controls ordered by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior.
- Some refugees might be deterred from attempting migration to Germany due to the strict border control measures at the German-Czech Republic border.
- Germany's SPD leader and Federal Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser, has extended border controls at the German-Polish and German-Swiss borders for an additional three months, citing ongoing concerns about migration and smuggling.
- Criticizing Faeser's decision, Ann-Veruschka Jurisch, a member of the FDP and interior politician, expressed concern over the traffic disruptions caused by border controls with Switzerland.
- Poland has not announced any plans to extend its border control measures with the Czech Republic or Germany, as has been done in neighboring countries like Slovenia and Germany.
- Within the Schengen area, Germany's border controls with Switzerland and Poland must be reported to the European Commission, and the extension of these controls for more than two months requires Brussels' approval.
Source: www.stern.de
