France wants to stick to border controls to curb migration. Prime Minister Barnier has also announced an extension of detention pending deportation in order to deport more foreigners.
France wants to maintain controls at its borders to curb irregular migration. Prime Minister Michel Barnier said in his government statement in Paris that checks will be carried out “for as long as necessary”, in accordance with European rules and as Germany has also decided. In addition, the European border protection agency Frontex should be strengthened in order to better monitor the EU’s external borders, said Barnier.
France introduced controls at its borders after the Islamist attacks in 2015 to protect against terrorism and repeatedly extended the possible six-month controls. Most recently, there have been border controls in France since the beginning of June in connection with the Olympic Games, which will expire at the end of October. During border controls, France particularly turned away and sent back migrants who did not have the necessary entry documents.
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) had ordered that there should be stationary controls at all land borders from September 16th. She justified the additional controls affecting France, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg with irregular migration. Such controls have been in place at the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland since mid-October. They were introduced at the German-Austrian land border in autumn 2015. Border controls are not actually planned in the Schengen area.
In order to reduce the number of migrants living illegally in France and to be able to deport larger numbers of those affected, Barnier also announced an extension of detention pending deportation from 90 to 135 days. Last week, France was shocked by the violent death of a Parisian student who was said to have been killed by a migrant who had previously been released from detention pending deportation.
Source: Stern
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