Migration Crisis 2015: a politician of the CDU against a commission of investigation

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reThe federal government's decision to accept the unauthorized entry of hundreds of thousands of migrants to the German-Austrian border in 2015 is now seen as a political motivation also in the Union.

Nikolas Löbel, an interior politician at the CDU, told WELT: "The German constitutional state is still able to protect its border and carry out immigration checks by the police. 39; Fall 2015 was a political decision that no one would take today. "The fall of 2015 and" the resulting renunciation to any entry requirement is and remains the Achilles' heel. of the Union ".

Previously, WELT AM SONNTAG had reported on the unofficial document "Possibility of Rejection of German Border Protection Applicants" from the Ministry of the Interior, which should never reach the public. The experts explain the legal treatment of rejecting asylum seekers at the border.

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The Joint Center for Analysis and Strategy on Illegal Migration also conducted a confidential badysis of various border closure scenarios along the Balkan route. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) presented the waiver of refusal as legally required.

As a result of the recent revelation, however, Löbel rejected the request of the migration crisis investigation committee, Christian Lindner, leader of the FDP: "This is a typical demand from the opposition, but nothing Moreover, we are not gaining new confidence in the population, and the FDP only deals with such demands as the affairs of AFD. "

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Armin Schuster (CDU), chairman of the commission inside the EU within the commission, told the agency WELT: "In 2015, the issue of discharges at the German border was resolved politically. "This process with different political views still in full swing" could not have escaped Mr. Lindner, "Schuster said.

As for the request of a U-committee, he said: "One can only marvel at these retrograde ideas of the FDP". or the clbadification of the Maghreb in countries of origin ".

Marian Wendt (CDU), Chair of the Petition Committee of the Bundestag, said: "An inquiry committee does not take us further and takes power today and today. The decisive factor is that the situation has improved and we continue to organize and control the migration. "

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Since 2015, the Union and the SPD have implemented several measures to strengthen the right of asylum seekers, to significantly improve the process of identification and to reduce immigration related to asylum thanks to the agreement concluded between the EU and Turkey. However, the government persists in its decision to allow the illegal entry of people seeking protection from Austria and other safe states. Since April 2016, immigration through the asylum system has stagnated between 10,000 and 17,000 people per month; it's always top in Europe.

Between 2013 and today, Germany has even welcomed almost as many asylum seekers, while a total of them have arrived on the Mediterranean coast. According to data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) available to WELT, about two million migrants arrived in Greece, Italy, Spain, Cyprus and Malta during this period. According to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, about 1.9 million asylum applications were lodged in Germany until the end of September. Deportation figures have also stagnated since the year 2016, at around 2,000 per month.