“Fortress Germany”: Berlin strengthens anti-immigration border controls, sending solidarity into the attic, but pays for migrants in Italy
Festung Deutschland, Fortress Germany . being now selfish, Germany is content to fortify itself, closing the borders not only towards "Bad" Italy, but even towards its faithful satellites. But the elections are coming and the atmosphere is very bad for the coalition in government
The German Interior Minister, Nancy Faeser , announced a series of defensive measures against illegal entry into German territory, demonstrating a firm position on immigration. These measures include the desire to establish fixed border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic.
In an interview with WELT AM SONNTAG, Faeser said: “ Such additional controls must work well with the surveillance of the entire border area .” This statement reflects the objective of ensuring that border controls are effective and that there is no attempt to evade them, including through searches of vehicles passing through the border.
To implement these measures, the presence of the federal police has already been strengthened at the borders with Poland and the Czech Republic. Faeser also indicated his intention to deploy federal police officers on Czech territory, taking example from the collaboration with Switzerland, where German agents can control Swiss territory in close cooperation with local police forces.
Furthermore, Faeser highlighted the need for closer cooperation with Turkey regarding migration issues and suggested an “update” of the existing agreement between the EU and Turkey. He highlighted that the current agreement is not working properly and that strengthening cooperation is necessary.
Therefore the squeeze on the German borders does not only concern migrants from Lampedusa, but all borders. If anything, what is hypocritical and intolerable is the financing of the NGOs that welcome irregular migrants in Italy: what is not accepted in Germany is financed in Italy.
Meanwhile, a House bill proposed by Faeser on the “Family and Labor Market Integration Law” is under discussion. This document aims to simplify access to the labor market for asylum seekers and tolerated persons and facilitate family reunification for those entitled to subsidiary protection.
However, these proposals have attracted mixed reactions. While Faeser stressed the importance of integrating people into society more quickly, some members of the opposition, such as Christoph de Vries of the CDU and Bijan Djir-Sarai of the FDP, believe that these measures are inappropriate at a time of serious migration crisis and overload.
In particular, the FDP has rejected proposals to facilitate family reunification, underlining that current conditions do not allow it. The migration situation and the effects of the war in Ukraine were cited as reasons for rejecting such proposals.
Meanwhile, the Semaforo government coalition has the support of only 37% of Germans while the AfD, which is against immigration and the EU, continues to grow.
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