Sankt Augustin (dpa-Afx)-On the first day, the federal police in North Rhine-Westphalia has not yet rejected any people. In the first 24 hours, no people were rejected or pushed back at the NRW borders to Belgium and the Netherlands, a spokesman for the federal police said. “We had no people who made a protection search,” he explained.
The new Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) had announced that he had a stricter check. Asylum seekers should also be rejected at the border if they have already submitted applications in other EU countries. However, this should not apply to pregnant women, children and other relatives of vulnerable groups.
After the announcement of stricter controls at the German external borders, the federal police in North Rhine-Westphalia had already increased their strength. The federal police did not provide any information about the number of forces used. In general, the federal police in North Rhine-Westphalia have a mobile control and surveillance unit with 180 forces for such purposes. Runery police could also be consulted ./Vd/dp/zb