From Monday, Germany imposes border control at all of its land borders, including newly installed check points at the entrances from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Denmark. CGTN’s Johannes Pleschberger went to a checkpoint to see what people think.
READ MORE: https://bit.ly/4erYdxt
#Germany #borders #EU #Schengen #migrants
READ MORE: https://bit.ly/4erYdxt
#Germany #borders #EU #Schengen #migrants
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Random checks on cars, trains and buses.
00:05Nothing new here at Bidding, the German-Austrian border crossing where controls have been in place for almost 10 years.
00:12On Monday, this will be extended to all of Germany's land border points with some fearing traffic jams and delays.
00:20I think this is a weakness for the European community.
00:26Yeah, because we open all the borders, so closing it is a step back.
00:32I find it quite good for Germany, so lots of illegal people are there and I think it's good that we do something against them.
00:41Every day, 25,000 vehicles pass this border crossing alone.
00:45Hundreds of thousands more travel through Germany's other crossings, which are now all subject to police checks.
00:52Germany wants to toughen its border controls after a Syrian asylum seeker fatally stabbed three people in the town of Solingen last month.
01:01Violent incidents have led to a massive support for far-right parties in two regional elections.
01:07Now another state election is around the corner in Brandenburg, and postal migration is a top concern among voters.
01:16Whether German police will start refusing to accept asylum seekers at its borders is still unclear.
01:22Negotiations between the government and opposition parties have been turbulent.
01:27We will do everything possible to refuse entry within the framework of the law.
01:32We have offered proposals for effective entry refusal and are prepared to work with the opposition.
01:41But Germany's neighbour Austria is concerned over the effects of the new border arrangements and insists its policies will remain the same.
01:49We will not take anyone who has been refused illegal entry to Germany.
01:54We have been very clear about this and as far as Austria is concerned, this is non-negotiable.
02:01In the first half of this year, illegal migrant crossings into Germany actually fell by 7% compared to the same period last year.
02:09The new controls on Germany's western and northern borders are initially scheduled to be in place for six months.
02:15I'm Splashbagger, CJTN, Piedmont, Germany.