Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wants to continue temporary internal border controls until the external border protection of the new European asylum system takes effect.
“We will continue the controls until the new EU asylum system with strong external border protection takes effect,” the SPD politician told “Stern.” “In this way, we are primarily thwarting the smuggling routes and stopping their brutal business.” Faeser continued: “Thanks to our additional border controls, we have caught more than 750 smugglers since October.”
In view of the increasing numbers of irregular migration, temporary internal border controls were introduced at the land borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland in mid-October. The controls at the German-Austrian border have been in place for several years. For the period of the European Football Championship in Germany, she ordered controls at all German borders “in order to achieve the highest level of security,” Feaser told “Stern”.
When asked when the new and recently approved Common European Asylum System (CEAS) would start, Faeser replied: “Now. We have very ambitious schedules. We will tackle our part of the implementation immediately.” She was recently in Bulgaria at the EU’s external border with Turkey. “The new border procedures for people with little prospect of protection and the much stronger border protection should begin very quickly.”