Faeser wants to continue to maintain border controls
During the Euro Football Championship, authorities have registered thousands of illegal border crossings at Germany's borders. Interior Minister Faeser sees border controls as an "effective measure" and wants to maintain them - for the time being.
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wants to continue border controls to combat irregular migration and human trafficking for the time being. "For me, border controls will remain in place as long as necessary," she said during a visit to the Federal Police in Görlitz.
Border controls at the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, and Switzerland should continue until irregular migration has significantly decreased. Measures of the new European asylum system, which strengthen the protection of the EU's external borders, must also take effect. Faeser, a member of the SPD, said that the effectiveness of border controls is already clear.
The fight against human trafficking has been successful, and irregular migration has decreased. Border controls must be approved by the EU Commission, as such measures are not usually permitted in the Schengen area.
The current border controls by the Federal Police are approved until December 15. There are voices within the Greens who oppose further border controls. During the Euro Football Championship, authorities have registered several thousand illegal border crossings at Germany's borders.
Since June 7, one week before the tournament began, there have been 8,300 such cases, the Federal Interior Ministry reported. The border controls introduced for the Euro have proven to be "effective measures."
Faeser had previously described the Euro as the "largest deployment in the history of the Federal Police." During the tournament, held in ten German cities, around 22,000 police officers of the Federal Police were in action each day.
I'm not going to sugarcoat it, the Euro Football Championship has seen a significant increase in illegal border crossings. Despite this, Interior Minister Faeser remains firm in her belief that border controls are necessary to combat irregular migration and human trafficking.
