Illegal border crossings: Seehofer wants to strengthen nationwide Schleierfahndung at borders

Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has announced that he intends to expand the so-called Schleierfahndung at German borders. "Security begins at the borders," said the CSU politician.

The Federal Ministry of the Interior wrote on Twitter, the step succeeds "to better fight the secondary movement". This refers to the onward journey of migrants from non-EU countries who travel to Germany, for example, within Europe.
Veilfahndungen are searches of the police without specific cause or suspicion.

In order to better combat # secondary migration in Europe, Federal Interior Minister #Seehofer, following the reorganization of the border controls at the border with Austria, has instructed the nationwide intensification of #delivery: "We have all the borders of our country in view." pic.twitter.com/LMwoIYoOJj

Seehofer wrote in a statement on Twitter: "In addition to the renewed arrangement of border controls to Austria, I have instructed that the Federal Police intensifies the fog detection on all other German internal borders." We have all the borders of our country in view. "

In March, Seehofer announced that Germany would once again extend its controls on the border with Austria by half a year. There was also criticism from Switzerland. A spokesman for the Federal Ministry of the Interior said that "a high number of illegal border crossings are still being detected".

For security reasons and to have control over the migration, the federal police are now instructed to continue the controls beyond 11 November. In addition, on all other border sections an "intensive veil manhunt" takes place.

Germany has a 3,700 kilometer long land border, with Austria alone there are more than 800 kilometers with dozens of transitions. This hampers uninterrupted immigration controls enormously.