On Monday, a Berlin court tried illegal the repression to Poland of three Somalian asylum seekers. The decision, at the backdrop of the policy against immigration advocated by the government, caused strong reactions. So much so that the Minister of Justice, the social democratic Stefanie Hubig intervened to defend the judges of this Berlin court.
“Anyone who attacks or threatens judges attacks our rule of law. Following the decisions of the Berlin Administrative Court concerning repressions on the border, we are witnessing massive attacks against justice, ”deplored Stefanie Hubig During a meeting with its regional counterparts.
Thursday, two associations of the capital judges also reported “defamations and personal threats” against three colleagues involved in the court’s decision. “It goes too far!” “, They deplored in a press release, without specifying the nature and support of these attacks.
“The idea of independent justice” flouted
The Federal Minister of Justice judged these “alarming” implications because they also aim “the law itself and the idea of independent justice”. The referral of asylum seekers to the borders is one of the flagship measures implemented by the new government of Friedrich Merz in order to reduce immigration to the country.
Nose to the policy of the new government. From Poland, the three asylum seekers joined Berlin on Thursday evening, housed by the city’s refugee office, the daily announced Bild. They were supposed to be accommodated in a reception center for asylum seekers near the border.
So far, they lived in Poland and had tried to enter Germany three times in vain, according to Bild. With the help of the organization Pro asylumthey then submitted a request for a summary in summary proceedings that the Berlin court deemed founded.
Under the so -called European procedure of Dublin, Germany is forced to examine whether the migrants concerned have previously passed through other EU countries, and to determine which Member State is responsible for the asylum application.
A judgment minimized by the interior
The Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt had minimized the scope of the judgment, declaring that he wanted to maintain the repressions that the government considers “legally founded”. If the court’s decision has only concrete consequences of the three individual cases, it has fueled the debate on migration policy.
Friedrich Merz firmly defended his policy on Tuesday, while the opposition accuses him of being ready to “violate the law” to reduce immigration, which he rejects. “We know that we can always refuse,” said the Chancellor during a congress of German municipalities and cities.
The manager had promised during the electoral campaign to clearly reduce immigration to the country, after several fatal assaults involved foreigners. He hopes to contain the far -right party AFD, dolphin of the last legislative elections which continues to climb in the polls.
