Illegal Entries Boom From Switzerland Into Germany
Date
2/14/2023 4:09:08 AM
(MENAFN- Swissinfo)
German Police at Konstanz, on the border with Switzerland Keystone / Ennio Leanza
The number of unauthorised entries into Germany via Switzerland increased more than fivefold last year.
This content was published on February 14, 2023 - 09:51 February 14, 2023 - 09:51 Keystone-SDA/awp/afp/ts Between the first and second half of 2022 the figure rose from 1,610 to 8,862, the German newspaper bild reported on tuesdayexternal link . Bild referred to a response from the German interior Ministry to a query from the right-wing AfD party.
The head of the German federal Police Union, Heiko Teggatz, said the figures were unsurprising.“Turning people back, like [Germany can do] at the Austrian border, is not possible at the Swiss border,” he told the newspaper.“The [German] interior ministry still refuses to register border controls with Switzerland with the EU and thus deliberately shifts responsibility to the states and municipalities.”
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