Germany has returned nearly 30,000 individuals at its borders since the conservative-led government took office in May 2025, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announced.
Speaking to public broadcaster ARD on Wednesday evening, Dobrindt described the figure as significant, emphasizing that border checks remain necessary due to a high number of denied entries.
Police unions, however, have called for a reduction in these measures, citing operational pressures.
Dobrindt defended the border protocols, which were extended in February for an additional six months through mid-September, calling the tightened controls a clear signal of Germany’s changing migration policy and noting that they increase the likelihood of detecting human traffickers.
The minister also expressed confidence in the European Union’s new asylum rules, set to take effect later this year. Germany’s parliament approved the EU-wide asylum system in February, aiming to strengthen the protection of the EU’s external borders.
If implemented effectively, Dobrindt said, the new EU system could allow Germany to scale back temporary internal border checks in the future.
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