Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) have spoken out in favor of tightening the course of EU asylum policy. Faeser pleaded in the “Handelsblatt” on Friday for the European migration policy more focused on limiting the number of refugees to align
On the RTL and ntv channels, Lindner spoke out in favor of the EU’s external borders If necessary, protect with fences.
That’s what Lindner says
- “I believe that in order to establish control, the physical protection of the external border must also be considered,” said FDP leader Lindner on Thursday in a talk show on RTL and ntv.
- When asked, Lindner also used the word fence, but emphasized: “I am in favor of the possibility of humanitarian and qualified immigration being made easier by law at the same time.”
That says Interior Minister Faeser
- “We will for a reliable Identification, registration and verification of people already worried at the EU’s external borders,” Faeser told the “Handelsblatt”.
- The fact that the EU states had already agreed on the necessary screening regulation was “an important breakthrough”.
- “Now we are negotiating procedures at the EU’s external borders to decide within short deadlines on the protection of people with little prospect of asylum in the EU‘ Faeser said. “Then rejected asylum seekers can be returned quickly from the EU’s external borders.”
The SPD politician also believes that increased border controls are “necessary” because the protection of the EU’s external borders is “not yet working adequately”. Faeser had already said in March that European asylum policy “to some extent” also “high fences and walls“ belonged to the external borders.
At their summit in February, the EU heads of state and government agreed to expand the “infrastructure” at the external borders. Whether this means new fences and walls, as demanded by Austria, among others, remains open.
The federal-state meeting in the chancellery
In the meantime, Faeser did not comment specifically on the federal-state meeting planned for next Wednesday in the Chancellery, which will primarily deal with the financing of refugee costs.
However, Faeser admitted that the current refugee situation demands “a lot” from the communities. “The federal, state and local authorities are acting in close coordination,” assured the minister. According to Faeser, relief for the municipalities should be achieved above all by controlling and organizing migration “much more” than was the case in the past.
Ramelow for blanket recognition of asylum seekers
The Thuringian Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left) proposes a generous residence regulation for asylum seekers. He spoke out in favor of blanket recognition for all those seeking protection who arrived after 2014, provided they have lived in Germany for at least three years without attracting attention.
In this way, the asylum system can be relieved, Ramelow told the “RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland” (Friday). “Then we could save ourselves all the bureaucracy and deportation debates. Then we would no longer have to recruit workers“, said Ramelow with a view to the refugee summit in the Chancellery on May 10.
The left-wing politician also emphasized that the federal government must help the states and municipalities with the financial burdens resulting from the influx of refugees. (tsp/AFP/epd)
