In force for another six months, checks remain on all German’s external borders, Chancellor Allaf Saltz said, stressing that the aim remains to limit irregular migration.

“Today we have re -ordered temporary checks on all German external borders and informed the European Commission in this regard. We remain consistent in the fight against irregular migration, “Mr Saltz said after a cabinet meeting, adding that” with border controls we are essentially repelring irregular migration “. He even referred to 47,000 rejections, which have been made at the border since September 16, 2024, when checks were put into force for asylum applications by 1/3 less than in 2023 and for the arrest of 1,900 smugglers and smugglers.

Referring, however, to the immigration policy supported by the leader of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and a candidate for Chancellor Friedrich Mertz, Federal Interior Minister Nancy Fezer said that “we are not so far away” and distinguished similarities between the two. “The aim is to limit irregular migration and in this respect we are fully in agreement with the CDU,” Ms. Fezer said in an interview with Politico magazine and also agreed with Mr Mertz that the Dublin system is no longer functional.

Nancy Fezer suggested another kind of “political center of the political center” on immigration policy, implying that a common place could be found after the election with the Christian Union (CDU/CSU).