Asylum transition stutters again after the start

One day after the announcement of stricter border controls, the asylum turnaround in Germany has once again faltered. The Union left a meeting with Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) after a good two hours of disappointment and extremely harsh criticism. Contrary to the promises made by the traffic light coalition, no proposal was made “that actually leads to rejections at the border beyond the level achieved so far,” said parliamentary group manager Thorsten Frei (CDU), who led the negotiations for the Union. Union parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) was not present at the meeting, but later stated that the government was “obviously deeply divided internally” and was capitulating to the “challenge of irregular migration.” At the same time, all sides announced their willingness to hold further talks.