Smugglers’ alarm at the Czech border |
Illegal entry at record high
The number of unauthorized entries across the Czech-German border is at a record high.
In June 2022, the Federal Police identified around 2,000 unauthorized entries – an increase of 140 percent compared to the previous year. This is shown by a secret migration report by the federal government that is available to BILD.
► In August, more than 3,000 unauthorized entries were counted on the Czech border with Saxony alone. Ascending trend! According to the government report, the refugees are mostly Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) is responsible for border protection
“This development is alarming and another indication that the European external border protection shows large gaps,” says the head of the federal police union, Heiko Teggatz, to BILD. Teggatz continues: “The smuggler gangs have reorganized themselves and are now using the route to us via Slovakia and the Czech Republic.”
He demands: “Interior Minister Nancy Faeser should immediately instruct stationary border controls to the Czech Republic.”
Hundreds of migrants arrive by train from Prague at Dresden Central Station alone every day. Other focal points are the cross-border A4 and A17 motorways.
Interior expert Christoph de Vries (CDU)
► CDU interior expert Christoph de Vries (47, CDU) criticizes the federal government: “The smuggling business is running at full speed again and the federal government has so far been watching idly.” His appeal: “Interior Minister Faeser must now take the warnings of the federal police seriously and take all necessary steps take to stop illegal entry at the Czech border.”