Dobrindt: Stricter border controls and deportations starting Wednesday

DTS News Agency Dobrindt: Stricter border controls and deportations starting Wednesday 17 hours • 1 minute read Berlin (dts News Agency) - One day after taking office, the future Federal Minister of the Interior, Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), will order increased rejections of migrants and increased controls at all German external borders. "The first decisions will be made after taking office this Wednesday. To this end, border controls will be ramped up and rejections will be increased," Dobrindt told "Bild am Sonntag." There will be no border closures. "The numbers of illegal migration must go down. For humanity and order to succeed equally, control, clarity, and consistency are needed. We are preparing national and European decisions for this," Dobrindt said. According to "Bild am Sonntag," several thousand additional officers will be deployed to reinforce border controls in addition to the currently 11,000 federal police officers deployed. The states are also partially supporting border controls. Thomas Strobl (CDU), Minister of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg, announced "significantly increased controls in the border area by the state police." The state police are already operating, particularly in the foreland border region with Switzerland, with roadside checks and undercover surveillance. In addition, a flexible tactic will be intensified: aerial surveillance. This involves monitoring the routes used by smugglers in the vicinity of border controls by helicopter, so that controls can be rescheduled accordingly.