In the first half of 2024, the Federal Police recruited more than half of the people who entered the country illegally are rejected at the country’s bordersThis is a significant increase compared to the previous year, according to a minor inquiry by the left-wing Bundestag member Clara Bünger to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. In the whole of 2023, the Federal Police had around 28 percent of those who entered the country illegally were sent back to neighboring countries. The “Süddeutsche Zeitung” had previously reported.
In the first six months of this year, 42,307 people were registered at the German borders. illegal entries. Of these, 21,661 people were rejected. In the whole of 2023, the Federal Police apprehended 127,549 people – and turned away 35,618 of them. The number of rejections has increased dramatically, particularly at the border with Poland and the Czech Republic.
Number of asylum applications has fallen significantly
At the same time, the number of people arriving at the border asked for asylum, Last year, About 45 percent of the people applied for asylum. In the first half of the year In 2024, only around 23 percent of people applied for asylum. “As long as the federal government refuses to record whether an asylum application should be submitted at the border or not, I assume that asylum applications will in practice be ignored in order to be able to reject them directly. There is no other explanation for the numbers,” said Left Party politician Clara Bünger, according to the statement.
For the land borders with the Czech Republic, Poland and Switzerland, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) last October stationary controls ordered and reported to the EU CommissionStationary controls have been in place at the land border with Austria since 2015.
Rejections at German land borders are possible, for example, if someone is banned from entering the country or does not apply for asylum. The Union is also calling for the rejection of people “who have already been accepted in another member state of the EU or the Schengen area or who can also apply for asylum in a state from which they wish to enter”. (dpa)
