Germany Extends Controversial Border Checks at Dutch Border for Another Six Months
Controls at all German external borders will run for another six months as officials cite continued pressure from illegal migration.
- Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announced on Wednesday that Germany will extend controls at all external borders for six months until mid-March, with the extension officially registered with the Commission.
- Controls have been active at all German external borders since September 16th, 2024. "The developments at Europe's external borders show that the push back of illegal migration still needs controls," Dobrindt told the Bild newspaper.
- Separately, Dobrindt opened a drone defence research centre in Hecklingen on Tuesday, warning that an explosives-laden drone found at Leipzig earlier this month was no "isolated case."
- Located about 200 kilometres south of Berlin, the facility focuses on detecting unmanned aerial vehicles. Dobrindt said it "will constitute a central element of the security architecture in the face of the hybrid threat."
- Federal Minister Justice Stefanie Hubig is campaigning to change tenancy laws to facilitate air conditioning installation. She noted that "clear and practicable regulations" are required for both landlords and tenants when structural changes occur.
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Germany will apply to the European Commission to continue border controls at its land borders until March 2027, citing the need to combat irregular migration. The opposition argues that these controls lead to disruptions in traffic and logistics, long queues, and additional costs.
Germany extends controversial border checks at Dutch border for another six months
Germany has officially notified the European Commission that it is extending temporary checks across all its land borders, including the Dutch border, for an additional six months. The current phase of checks, which was set to expire on September 15, 2026, will now remain in force until mid-March 2027, NOS reports.
Germany will extend its controls at its external borders by six months, until 15 March 2027, announced on Tuesday a spokesman of the German Ministry of Internal Affairs, who said that Minister Alexander Dobrindt sent an official notification...
According to the Schengen code, the monitoring of borders can only be carried out in emergencies, and the Minister of the Interior wants to hinder migration.
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