Germany's extended border controls spark legal and economic backlash across Europe
Migration experts have sharply criticized Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) for extending border controls until September and continuing to turn away migrants.
"On the issue of pushbacks, the legal ground will become very thin this summer," said migration researcher Daniel Thym of the University of Konstanz in an interview with Die Welt (Tuesday edition). "Under the new EU asylum rules, Germany will struggle to justify these measures by claiming that Dublin regulations are failing."
Starting in June, the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) will take effect, designed to limit migration to Europe and curb uncontrolled onward movement within the EU. Constantin Hruschka, a professor of social law at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg, also condemned the move: "I already considered the last extension in May—and even the initial introduction by the traffic-light coalition government—to be unlawful. My assessment hasn't changed."
The social law expert sees no state of emergency given current asylum figures: "By acting unilaterally, Germany is jeopardizing the recently agreed—highly contentious and fragile—common approach to European migration policy. The border checks are also harming the economy, which is suffering from restrictions on cross-border traffic."
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