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Germany extends passport controls on Austrian border, flights from Greece

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has extended temporary passport controls on its border with Austria and for flights coming from Greece for six more months amid continuing concerns about attacks and illegal immigration, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

The European Commission last month offered initial backing to a Franco-German proposal to allow more permanent border checks within the bloc’s Schengen free-travel zone.

Germany notified the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the President of the European Parliament and the interior ministers of the EU-Schengen states about its decision in a letter on Wednesday.


The commission allowed Germany to control its border with Austria in 2015 after a surge of refugees and migrants began arriving in western Europe. The temporary permission was due to expire on Nov. 11.

Immigration will be a key issue in coalition talks by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, the pro-business Free Democrats and the environmentalist Greens.

Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere justified Germany’s move given continued security concerns, and said a complete return to free travel within the Schengen area was contingent on an improvement in the overall situation.

Germany was hit by five Islamist attacks in 2016, including one in December on a Berlin Christmas market that killed 12 people.

“We are working hard on this, all member states, the EU Commission and the EU Council, but there is still a long way to go,” de Maiziere said in a statement.


Border controls also apply to flights to Germany from Greece, which was the gateway for thousands of migrants from Iraq and Syria.

Ministry data on Wednesday showed that 140,000 asylum seekers have registered in Germany since the beginning of 2017.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-e...border-flights-from-greece-idUSKBN1CH2EP?il=0

Germany Extends Border Controls, Schengen Suspensions For Another Six Months

BERLIN (AP) – The German government says it will extend passport controls along some of its national borders for another six months starting in November.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said in a written statement Thursday that the authorities will continue controls along the German-Austrian border and on flights coming in from Greece.

De Maizere said the controls will continue due to “a considerable amount of illegal migration” and the heightened security situation in Europe following several attacks in recent years.


Germany is part of the European Schengen zone that normally allows visa-free travel without passport controls. It first introduced passport controls two years ago, when tens of thousands of migrants crossed into Germany from Austria.

De Maiziere said he has informed the country’s European partners about Germany’s move.

http://www.breitbart.com/london/201...rols-schengen-suspensions-another-six-months/

 

[Bald1]

Sorry I just assumed you are the Polish guy that hates the Germans and keeps getting banned.

Are you that guy? What was his Azzad or something but he had many after that.

@JDragon you think its him?

Nope. That guy lived in North America but was of Polish descent.

 

[Skulli]

wait wait wait wait..if migrants are so good, why is EU mad that other countries like Poland is not taking them? More migrants the better right? They don't want their share of migrants, their loss amirite? right?? no?¿

The EU is just so giving they are soooo angry that we are missing out on all the enrichment multiculturalist rape and murder. We are just so lost without muslim terror. So giving and caring they are.