The Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), threatened to take the federal government to the Constitutional Court over its refugee policy last week. Thomas de Maizière described the violence as shameful and said the figure represented “a massive increase of xenophobic attacks against asylum seekers”. About 20 percent of the refugees that have come to Germany are Syrians, with about 18 percent coming Read more [...]

“If the requirements of the EU’s Schengen and Dublin agreements can not be promptly implemented again then the Federal Republic of Germany should send refugees back from the border“. Over 200,000 migrants are estimated to have entered Germany since the beginning of September, the vast majority over the Austrian border into Bavaria. The entire programme is to cost about €489m (£363m), he said, adding that while it seemed like a lot of money, “it will be money well spent, because Read more [...]

At a Friday news conference in Munich, Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said if Berlin fails to better control Germany’s borders from a “mass influx” of migrants and asylum-seekers, Bavaria will introduce “defensive measures” to protect itself from them. Berlin says that entry into the country is the responsibility of the federal government, not the states. “We have agreed that if the federal government does not take effective steps soon to limit the continued flow Read more [...]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel may need to brace for a constitutional challenge as the Bavaria state threatened to take legal steps with regard to the refugee crisis after a meeting of the cabinet."We need a limit to immigration to maintain our internal security," he said."If the requirements of the EU's Schengen and Dublin agreements can not be promptly implemented again then the Federal Republic of Germany should send refugees back from the border".By Rainer Buergin German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Read more [...]