As soon as Friedrich Merz takes office as chancellor next week, Germany’s new administration plans to enforce stricter immigration laws and turn away illegal asylum seekers at the nation’s borders, his incoming chief of staff announced Wednesday.
Although it is unclear whether Brussels would object due to possible inconsistencies with European law, Thorsten Frei, the future director of the Chancellery, stated that the more stringent regulations will take effect on May 6.
According to Frei, anyone attempting to enter Germany illegally should anticipate that, starting on May 6, the German border will be the end of the road. He informed the Funke Media Group that the administration will “intensify and expand identity checks at the German borders from day one.”
A pact to join a new coalition government headed by Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), was endorsed by Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday.
According to Frei, no one is allowed to request for refuge in the nation of their choice. “This must occur at the point of first entry into the European Union, under European legislation. Germany is seldom like that.
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