Border controls are working wonders for Germany’s national security, the country’s federal police union has announced, massively helping fight criminals, terrorists, and unwanted entries.
In just five days since the reintroduction of border checks at all eight of Germany’s borders, federal police have detected almost 900 unauthorised entries.
And of those, 640 people were turned back, almost 100 migrants were stopped at the western border, 17 extremists were identified, and 114 arrest warrants were executed.
In an interview with Germany’s Focus magazine, Manuel Ostermann, deputy federal chairman of the Federal Police Union said: ‘We are witnessing the efficiency of the federal police and, above all, we are once again seeing confirmation of the necessity of border controls.’
Border controls are working wonders for Germany ‘s national security, the country’s federal police union has announced, massively helping fight criminals, terrorists, and unwanted entries
Election posters of the far right party AFD hang on a lamp post as German police officers control the traffic flow from Poland across the ‘Bridge of Europe’ in Frankfurt (Oder), eastern Germany, on September 16, 2024
Ostermann said that for too long, Germany had acted as ‘the moral fortress of Europe,’ letting in people with little scrutiny and paying a heavy price.
‘So far, Germany has almost blindly let in and taken in every person and acted as the moral fortress of Europe. With fatal consequences for our country.’
‘It has long been statistically substantiated and more and more people in Germany are experiencing it every day: the migration crisis is increasingly becoming a crime crisis and is leading parts of our infrastructure close to collapse.’
He said the migration crisis had now grown into a crime crisis, putting major strains on the country’s infrastructure and leading to widespread public safety concerns.
And he slammed Schengen, the EU’s open-border scheme, arguing it had failed miserably.
‘Hundreds of thousands of migrants travel across the European Union via safe third countries to apply for asylum at a German internal border. These facts are impressive proof of the failure of Schengen for the time being.’
‘It is therefore essential that we implement national measures to relieve the pressure on Germany.’
The solution, according to Ostermann, is for Germany to now turn back to national law to enforce stronger border controls for Germany.
‘The border control that obviously did not take place at the EU’s external border is now being carried out. Article 16a of the German Basic Law and the Asylum Act are now decisive and define the measures at the borders.’
‘The federal government must now use the broad majority in parliament to set the course for crisis resistance’ he said.
Far-right protesters hold a banner reading ‘remigration now’ as they march through the streets of Solingen, following a stabbing rampage, on August 26
He urged urging lawmakers to give federal police permanent authority as border agents, saying this would eliminate debates about the necessity of border controls and enforceability of deportations.
‘We could set up federal deportation detention centers and hold people there for up to six months.’
Ostermann also slammed Germany’s flailing three-party coalition federal government headed by Social Democrat chancellor Olaf Scholz, say it is was underfunding the federal police.
‘This federal government is almost financially bleeding the federal police, which has massive effects on Germany’s largest security authority.’
‘Ultimately, we have to realise that we are facing a global problem, which Germany can and must solve for the time being only at the national level.’
‘The federal police are ready and waiting! We can provide security – the federal government just has to finally let us do our job.’
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