
Illegal Border Crossings in Germany Up Over 50% in First Half of 2023
Germany remains the most popular destination for asylum seekers as the number of illegal border crossings into the country has surged in the first six months of 2023.
Germany remains the most popular destination for asylum seekers as the number of illegal border crossings into the country has surged in the first six months of 2023.
Deputy chairman of CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag Thorsten Frei criticized the current asylum system for not only punishing the physically weaker would-be asylum seekers but also those living in societies that are forced to live with the consequences of receiving massive numbers of young men from alien cultures.
Justice Minister Helen McEntee described increasing numbers as “a permanent change.”
Stockholm is hoping to make amends for runaway asylum numbers over the past decade by revamping rules on family reunification in another sign of the Swedish Democrats’ influence on policy.
Individuals with refugee status may be banned from travelling back home for a holiday even if they live in Denmark for over ten years as the government looks to tighten rules on those who may no longer require protection.
Nearly three-quarters (71%) of those who filed asylum applications in the 27-member bloc, with the addition of Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, and Lichtenstein, were men.
The plan has been a disaster from the start and has been criticised for missing the fundamental point that illegal crossings will only stop if the border is controlled, not merely through minor deportations.
After years of taking in large shares of asylum seekers, many of whom never receive asylum status, Sweden’s centre-right government has proposed constructing deportation centres to prevent illegals from going underground after being ordered to leave the country.
The European Commission must now decide whether it will attempt to sway Hungary to amend the legislation, do away with it entirely, or call on the Luxembourg-based court to level fines.
To gain Spanish residency, foreign women are reportedly flying to Spain on tourist visas and abandoning their children, who later claim to be unaccompanied minor refugees in an effort to take advantage of Spain’s family reunification policy.