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2nd LD: Germany reinstates temporary border control at internal borders: German Interior Minister

Xinhua, September 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

"Germany reinstates in these minutes temporary border control at internal borders", said German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Sunday.

He said, border controls will take place mainly in German state of Bavaria. "The aim is to limit the refugees influx," he added.

"The action will not solve all problems. We need more time and a degree of order on our borders," said Thomas de Maiziere.

De Maiziere also said that the introduction of border controls is compatible with the Schengen Agreement.

Under the current European law, Germany is not responsible for most of the asylum seekers, he said, adding that the rules of the Dublin Convention are still valid.

He called on all EU Member States not just to register the refugees entering the EU, but also to carry out the asylum procedure.

De Maiziere stressed that the reintroduction of temporary border controls has "been in the coalition discussed and decided by common accord".

As the German newspaper Bild reported, the Bavarian state government has asked for mobilisation of federal police to accomplish the task.

The German government would send 21 groups of hundreds of riot police to Bavaria to help secure the border, said the report.

According to the report, the German police will also expand their dragnet controls to the borders with the Czech Republic and Poland in order to prevent evasion of border controls to Austria.

According to German newspaper "Passauer Neue Presse", the German Government also stops the train to and from Austria. Endit