Since the implementation of border checks, Germany has successfully deployed 50,000 personnel, according to Interior Minister Nancy Faeser.
The current estimate shows that the country’s external border control measures have prevented approximately 50,000 people from entering illegally.
Internal border controls were introduced on October 16, 2023, at the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland, with earlier checks at the Austrian border. In addition, Faeser had ordered temporary controls at all of Germany’s land borders starting in September 2024, aiming to curb the entry of people without visas.
Faeser reported that, since the start of these measures on September 16, 2024, federal police had discovered around 86,000 unauthorized entries. As part of their efforts, about 2,000 smugglers have been arrested, and roughly 50,000 individuals were turned back at the borders.
In response to the tighter controls, asylum requests have decreased by 50% compared to two years ago.
Meanwhile, recent reports suggest that conservatives from the CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party of Germany, who are in the process of negotiating a new government, have agreed on a more stringent migration policy. The new measures include increasing the capacity to detain illegal migrants awaiting deportation and imposing a two-year suspension on family reunifications for migrants.
