germany's move angered its neighbors
2024-09-17
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according to reuters on the 16th, the german interior ministry said that in order to combat illegal immigration and cross-border crime, germany re-implemented temporary controls and random checks on its western and northern borders on monday. critics believe that this move deviates from the schengen area's regulations on freedom of movement and will threaten european unity.
according to reports, germany has strengthened border crossing controls with poland, the czech republic, austria, switzerland and france since last year, and will now expand the control measures to border crossings with luxembourg, belgium, the netherlands and denmark for six months, but the german interior ministry said the time may be extended. reuters said this marks a further setback for free movement within the eu.
german interior minister nancy feser, who ordered the border checks, said the move was aimed at guarding against the serious threat of islamic extremist terrorism and serious cross-border crime.
last month, a knife attack by a syrian asylum seeker in solingen, germany, left three people dead. the extremist group islamic state claimed that its members were responsible for the attack. in june this year, a knife attack allegedly by afghan immigrants left a police officer dead and four others injured.
however, these measures by germany have caused dissatisfaction among its neighbors. these countries are worried that they will have to accept more asylum seekers and that trade will be affected. austrian chancellor karl nehammer warned that if germany takes this measure and sends more immigrants back to the border between the two countries, austria will retaliate by sending more people to the eastern balkans. polish prime minister tusk also called for urgent consultations with other affected countries as soon as possible.
according to the associated press, under eu regulations, member states can temporarily restore so-called internal border controls in the event of a serious threat, such as an internal security threat. but the eu also said that border controls should be used as a last resort in special circumstances and must be time-limited.# hundreds of reviews#
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