
1,500 Migrants Re-Apply for Asylum After Rejection By Germany
More than 1,500 applicants have reapplied for asylum in Germany since border controls were tightened in May this year, despite having previously been denied entry or asylum.

More than 1,500 applicants have reapplied for asylum in Germany since border controls were tightened in May this year, despite having previously been denied entry or asylum.

Estimates indicate non-German suspects now commit more than 40% of crimes: German authorities struggling to control new arrivals.

Merz aimed to reduce post-election annual arrivals below six figures, but first-time asylum applications in 2025 surpassed 100,000.

The classification “creates the basis for significantly stricter prosecutions,” Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said.

According to the interior ministry, there is now an “elevated abstract threat” against AfD members, particularly from the violent left-wing extremist scene.

The CDU interior minister announced that banned the Islamist group Muslim Interaktiv, citing threats to the constitutional order and democratic values.

Officials in Germany’s Interior Ministry are challenging a 2022 rule allowing rainbow flags on federal buildings, arguing it politicises state symbols and weakens their authority.

Germany scraps Bürgergeld and its three-year citizenship rule, yet Merz’s “turning point” barely alters the system he vowed to overhaul.

German lawyers filed criminal complaints against two cabinet ministers after Islamabad deported Afghan refugees accepted under Germany’s humanitarian admission program.

CDU-CSU politicians have also criticised Berlin’s fast-track approach.