The police union rejects stationary border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic. This is seen as “not effective”. Instead, the federal police want to “act agilely on the border line.”
The police union (GdP) has renewed its concerns about stationary controls at the borders with Poland and the Czech Republic. “We as the GdP speak out against stationary, fixed border controls because we do not see this as effective in police work,” said the vice-chair of the GdP Federal Police District, Erika Krause-Schöne, to the “Rheinische Post” (Tuesday). Smugglers would simply drive around the fixed checkpoints. Instead, the federal police want to be able to act “agilely on the border line,” said Krause-Schöne.
Concerns renewed: Police union rejects stationary border controls
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) had stated that stationary checks were planned to combat smuggling crime – in addition to the veil search. The aim now is to ensure that rejections of unauthorized entry attempts are also possible on Polish and Czech territory, said Faeser on Monday evening at a panel discussion in Frankfurt am Main organized by Hit Radio FFH and the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”.
There have currently been temporary stationary border controls in Bavaria on the border with Austria since autumn 2015. They are registered by the Federal Ministry of the Interior with the EU Commission and each time extended. Veil searches mean checks that are independent of suspicion, for example in border areas.
Thuringia’s SPD Interior Minister Georg Maier was skeptical about the issue. “Controls at the border with Poland and the Czech Republic alone will not solve the migration crisis in Germany,” Maier told the news portal “The Pioneer” (Tuesday). “There is no legal way to turn people back at the border if they request asylum.” In addition, seamless controls would result in long traffic jams and enormous personnel costs. Krause-Schöne and Maier both advocated solutions at the European level to limit irregular migration.
Source: Stern
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