Minister of the Interior - Stübgen criticizes Faeser's handling of border controls
Brandenburg's Interior Minister Michael Stübgen (CDU) has called on Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) to support an extension of border controls beyond mid-December. "As long as European measures to reduce illegal migration are not effective, border controls will remain indispensable. It is therefore confusing that the Federal Minister of the Interior is still only allowing herself to be persuaded to extend border controls in incremental steps," criticized Stübgen on Wednesday.
The federal and state interior ministers are meeting in Berlin from Wednesday evening for their three-day fall conference. One topic will be the number of refugees and border controls.
Faeser had ordered controls at the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland in mid-October and has now extended them until December 15. Border controls are not actually planned within the Schengen area and must be reported to Brussels.
Brandenburg's Interior Minister Stübgen said: "The Conference of Interior Ministers is the right place for the Federal Interior Minister to finally make a clear commitment to border controls beyond December 15." This would require notification in accordance with Article 25 of the Schengen Borders Code. "We will not be fobbed off with anything less."
According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior on Monday, around 3,300 unauthorized entries have been detected at the border with Poland since 16 October and 1,100 unauthorized entries have been prevented. The border controls are also having an effect from the perspective of the Federal Police. The numbers of unauthorized entries and people smuggling have decreased.
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- Despite the extension of border controls until December 15 by Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, Brandenburg's Interior Minister Michael Stübgen (CDU) is advocating for a prolongation beyond that date, expressing his confusion over Faeser's incremental approach.
- During their three-day fall conference in Berlin, the federal and state interior ministers, including Faeser and Stübgen, will discuss the number of refugees and the effectiveness of border controls, as migratory movements remain a pressing issue.
- The Potsdam-based Stübgen has highlighted the importance of maintaining strict border controls, arguing that their abolition within the Schengen area would be misguided given the persistence of illegal migration, a stance shared by many politicians across Germany's political spectrum.
- As a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the governing coalition, Faeser's handling of border control has been scrutinized by her political opponents, such as Stübgen from theCDU, who argue that a more proactive approach is necessary to address the complex challenges related to migration.
Source: www.stern.de
