German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser on Tuesday defended the migration insurance policies of her outgoing authorities, saying that the variety of asylum functions and irregular migration have decreased considerably.
“We have significantly reduced irregular migration. Asylum numbers are 50% lower, and the number of deportations is 55% higher than two years ago,” Faeser mentioned in an announcement.
“The Federal Police have already turned back 50,000 people at our internal border controls. We are preventing people who are not allowed to enter the country and putting a stop to criminals,” she added.
Since October 16, 2023, the Federal Police have been conducting non permanent border controls on the land borders with Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria (right here as earlier than), and Switzerland.
Furthermore, since Sept. 16, 2024, there have been non permanent border controls in any respect land borders with Germany’s neighboring international locations.
Following the numerous enlargement of undercover surveillance, the controls grew to become essential to additional cut back irregular migration to Germany.
According to the Interior Ministry, the variety of asylum functions in Germany within the first quarter of this 12 months was 35% lower than within the first quarter of 2024 and 49% lower than within the first quarter of 2023.
Meanwhile, the variety of expert staff migrating to Germany has elevated by 77% since 2021.
It was additionally reported that greater than 1.2 million took refuge in Germany between February 2022 and February 2025 because of the Russian conflict.
Migration is looming giant within the political debate in Germany after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) celebration is seen to have capitalized on the difficulty, fueling main positive factors within the latest normal elections.
Source: www.anews.com.tr