In view of the debate on the re-entry and the asylum application of the deported Lebanese clan leader Ibrahim Miri, the German government wants to tighten border controls. As the „Bild“ newspaper reported today, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer wants to instruct the police to more controls at external and internal borders and also extend the fog detection.
„The case Miri is a litmus test for the defensive democracy. If the rule of law does not prevail here, the population loses confidence in our entire asylum system, „Seehofer said. The goal is the detection of people who want to enter the Federal Republic despite entry ban. „The Federal Police should carry out flexible checks at all German borders,“ said Seehofer.
Checkpoint on highways
Germany resumed controls on the Schengen internal border with Austria after the refugee crisis in 2015, but these are at best random samples. Now apparently should be controlled more strictly. According to „Bild“ can be expected on rural roads at the borders with checkpoints, the Veilfahndung should be extended.
Anyone who wants to cross the border despite an existing entry ban will be rejected immediately. Anyone who demands asylum despite entry restrictions in order to remain in Germany like Miri should be arrested in the future. Illegal entry was imprisoned for up to three years.“Legal proceedings in custody“
„The important thing is that the trial be closed in custody,“ Seehofer said. According to Bild, this means that people who apply for asylum despite entry bans should not be released unless they are imprisoned or deported in Germany.
The criminal leader of the Lebanese Miri clan had reportedly illegally entered the country from Lebanon to Germany with the help of smugglers. There, Miri applied for asylum. Only a few weeks before he had been deported from Germany.
