As migration ramps up tensions in the Scholz coalition, few in Berlin expect ‘temporary’ border measures to be eased before June 2026, when a new EU migration and asylum pact comes in
German border checks the frustrating new normal in what was the heart of EU’s open-border Schengen area
These “temporary” controls cut the numbers of new so-called irregular arrivals, but migrants – and human smugglers – soon found new routes. That prompted Germany last October to reintroduce additional checkpoints on those routes too: its Swiss, Czech and Polish borders. That attack, and revelations of how the suspect had successfully dodged deportation, supercharged eastern state elections already dominated by migration and security issues. In record numbers, voters backed the hard anti-immigration stance of Alternative for Germany, which won in Thuringia the first far-right victory since the Nazi era.
On Tuesday, the ruling coalition presented the CDU with proposals for “fast-track procedures” in border regions, including detention in local prisons, to prevent migrants moving further into Germany until previous EU asylum applications are ruled out.
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