Berlin court rules rejection of asylum seekers at borders unlawful
The court says the rejections of asylum seekers violates German law and is not in line with the EU’s Dublin system which demands that every member state conduct a thorough investigation to determine which EU country is responsible for processing the application.
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00:00A court in Berlin ruled that the rejection of asylum seekers at borders is unlawful,
00:07dealing a major blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz's immigration policy.
00:11The court ruled after considering appeals from three Somali nationals who sought asylum
00:16but were turned away after arriving by train from Poland.
00:19In diesem Einzelfallbeschluss geht es um drei Somalier, die versucht haben, am 2. Mai bereits die deutsche Grenze von Polen Richtung Deutschland zu überqueren.
00:36Sie sind dabei zurückgewiesen worden. Sie haben zu diesem Zeitpunkt kein Asylbegehren gestellt.
00:42Ferner sind sie dann am 3. Mai erneut an der deutschen Grenze erschienen, wurden wieder zurückgewiesen,
00:51haben auch zu diesem Zeitpunkt kein Asylbegehren gestellt.
00:56Am 9. Mai sind sie erneut an der deutschen Grenze erschienen, haben da ein Asylbegehren gestellt.
01:05The court says at least one of the foreign nationals had valid evidence of vulnerability.
01:10It added that the Merz government was in violation of asylum laws by not examining the applications.
01:18It also noted that the new federal government was violating the EU's Dublin immigration system.
01:24Dobrindt, however, insisted that the government's immigration initiatives will not change.
01:28Merz had vowed in his campaign trail to crack down on immigration.
01:48In May, his conservative government unveiled new measures which seek to impose a blanket ban on asylum applications.
