The German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) wants to introduce controls at the border with Switzerland.
He responded to the death of a child at the Frankfurt Central Station, which is said to have encountered an Eritrean living near Zurich in front of an ICE. „I’ll do everything to make intelligent border controls,“ Seehofer told the Spiegel.
In 2018, 43,000 unauthorized entries were registered in Germany. „We have to deal with this circumstance, through an extended veil investigation and occasional, temporary checks also on the border, also on the border to Switzerland.“ He wants to present a corresponding concept by September.
Seehofer does not expect a conflict with Merkel
Seehofer has not yet discussed his plans with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU). Unlike a year ago, when the dispute over the borders almost led to the breakup of the Union factions, but this time threaten no conflict with Merkel, Seehofer believes.
The CSU politician also wants to increase the security arrangements in German stations. For example, about locks and barriers, as they are used in London and Paris at platforms, should be discussed. In September, there will be a meeting with Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU), the Deutsche Bahn board and experts in railway safety, announced Seehofer. The cost of the measures could go into the billions of euros: „Over the years, we will not get along with a million,“ said Seehofer in the „mirror“.
