Bundesinnenminister designate Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) has announced an expansion of border controls. “Immediate decisions will be made” said Dobrindt to the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” (Friday edition). “Borders will not be closed, but will be more closely monitored.”
Dobrindt also signals that he wants to become active before taking office to be able to act quickly. “Our goal is to achieve more at the European level. I am already having conversations with European partners” he said.
The already decided reform of the Common European Asylum System is considered insufficient by Dobrindt. “The CEAS is heading in the right direction, but is too slow” he said. “We want to achieve additional things.”
The CSU politician hopes to overcome societal polarization by changing at the border. “We have a strong polarization in the country” said Dobrindt. “We have to reduce it. This can only be achieved if we get illegal migration under control.”
The prerequisites for changing migration policy according to Dobrindt are better in the new black-red government than during the last grand coalition. “The difference from the last Groko is: There is more support from the Chancellery” said the CSU politician.
However, there are doubts among the political opponents about the migration course of the Union. “Alexander Dobrindt has an almost unsolvable task” said Grünen-Fraktionschefin Britta Haßelmann to the SZ with a view to the demands of Merz for the return of asylum seekers at the borders. “His start reminds very much of the unfulfillable task he had as Transport Minister: to introduce the illegal Pkw toll. Then he achieved the maximum with the CSU prestige project.”
Now he has to implement the europrawiddering views of Friedrich Merz. “I am curious how long it will take this time before it is overturned by the courts” said the Green politician.
The terms “illegal migration”, “irregular migration” and “undocumented migration” are often used synonymously. The vast majority of asylum seekers who come to Germany initially count as “illegally arrived” because they cannot make an asylum application before their arrival. However, in Germany, they can exercise the right to asylum or the guarantees of the Geneva Refugee Convention and legally submit an asylum application. If the applications are approved, the refugees are considered to be staying legally.