The secretary of the parliamentary group of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) in the Bundestag, Thorsten Frei, who is expected to become head of the German Federal Chancellery, announced a tightening of migration policy from day one of the new government.
“Anyone who tries to enter Germany illegally should expect to be stopped at the German border from May 6th“, Frei told the Funke media group. No one, he said, can apply for asylum in the country of their choice. According to European law, an asylum application must be submitted in the country of first entry into the European Union.
The new German government “from day one” will expand and intensify personal checks at Germany's borders. According to Frei, the increase in the number of entry refusals is aimed at creating the conditions for an effective curb on illegal migration. Germany is already coordinating its actions with its neighbors - France, Austria and Poland - and is receiving "a lot of support" for the planned change of course, he concluded.
The election of CDU leader Friedrich Merz as chancellor in the Bundestag is scheduled for May 6. The new ministers will then be appointed and sworn in.