CDU parliamentary group leader again calls for firm border controls

Jan Redmann, chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in Brandenburg, makes a statement. © Patrick Pleul/dpa

In the dispute over refugee policy, Brandenburg's CDU parliamentary group leader Jan Redmann has once again called on Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) to introduce fixed border controls at the german-Polish border. He said on Tuesday in Potsdam: "The situation has come to a head." The Federal Minister of the Interior should "not close her eyes" to this.

In addition, Faeser should trust the competence of the Federal Police, which could carry out border controls in such a way that there are no traffic jams, Redmann said. Redmann described the way to intensify the veil search as completely inadequate.

According to him, 24 people entered the border between Brandenburg and Poland irregularly within 122 hours. In February, these figures were much lower.

Faeser informed himself on Tuesday during a visit to Poland near the German border about the cooperation of the police. At the Joint Centre of German-Polish Police and Customs Cooperation in Świecko, she met with Polish Deputy Minister of the Interior Bartosz Grodecki. It should also deal with measures in the fight against smugglers and the question of stationary border controls. Faeser currently rejects such controls, but does not rule them out. She had warned that border controls would hit commuters and the economy hard, they could only be a last resort.

The CDU state politician Redmann supported a push by Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) on asylum policy. It is about the question of what incentives Germany sets so that people want to come to the country, said Redmann with reference to financial benefits. The recognition rate for asylum applications has also recently risen in Germany because applications are not examined critically and accurately enough.

Saxony's head of government, Kretschmer, had called for decisive action on asylum policy. From his point of view, the amount of social benefits for refugees should also be discussed. Kretschmer brought an amendment to the Basic Law into play without going into details. He reiterated his call for the establishment of a commission with representatives of all political and social groups. Dpa