A man from Switzerland wants to visit his partner in Germany.
Despite the signed confirmation of the relationship, he is only allowed to enter when he shows a photo from the bedroom.
Due to the
corona virus
*, special regulations apply to unmarried couples when they enter Germany.
A man from Switzerland has now been harassed by officials at the German-Swiss border.
He should show an intimate photo.
Now he has officially filed a complaint.
Kreuzlingen / Konstanz - In
times of the coronavirus, more difficult conditions apply to
international couples
.
If one partner lives in
Germany
and the other abroad, they have to prove that they have a
serious relationship
.
Only then is it possible to
enter Germany
.
So there has to be an invitation from the partner in Germany, you have to have already met in Germany and you need a
declaration signed by both
that the relationship exists.
Kushtrim K. also submitted such a confirmation when he
wanted to visit
his partner in
Konstanz
last weekend
.
Border officials at the
German-Swiss crossing in Kreuzlingen-Konstanz
did not
allow entry into the border
easily, as the portal
20 Minuten
reports.
Chicane at the border crossing: German officials do not want to enter from Switzerland
Kushtrim K. reported to the portal that he would have been “bullied” by a German border official.
Because the officer had insisted on viewing
photos of the couple
despite the completed relationship
declaration.
When asked whether this was correct and necessary, the officer said: “He yelled at me that I can go back to Switzerland if it doesn't suit me.
I was totally perplexed and
under pressure
. ”Previously,
confirmation from the binational couple was
always sufficient.
The victim has Albanian roots and has
not come out as homosexual
due to his
traditional and religious family
.
Therefore, he could not show any photos he shared with his friend on social media.
It took him a long time to find a
vacation photo in Paris
on his cell phone
.
But that was not enough for the official.
“He asked for more photos,” explains Kushtrim K. But even a picture of the partner in underwear could not convince the inspector
to
agree to
travel to Germany
.
Entry into Germany was only allowed after showing extremely intimate photos
"I was under so much pressure that I saw no other way out than to show the customs officer a picture on which my face and my friend's penis can be recognized," said the man from Switzerland.
The customs officer waved him through
only after showing the
highly intimate picture
.
"I feel so dirty and exposed - as if I were a
second class person
."
Now the harassed cross-border commuter wants to defend himself.
He suspects that this would not have happened to a heterosexual couple in this form.
He has
now filed a complaint
with the responsible
main customs office in Singen
, as the office also confirmed to the Swiss news portal.
However, the check was not carried out by a customs officer.
The
German Federal Police
has not yet commented.
In the video: Many couples are currently struggling with the restrictions due to the corona pandemic
There are currently many other couples whose relationship is made more difficult by the corona requirements.
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