The German government, led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), has submitted a proposal to reject individuals seeking asylum in Germany. Asylum seeking was one of the conservative government's most important issues in the new government's election manifesto during the election campaign in February.
“Individuals who express a desire to seek asylum when they are at the border of German territory may not be sent back” until their status as asylum seekers has been clarified, writes a court in Berlin in a verdict on Monday.
The Berlin court took up the issue since three Somali citizens, who were subjected to a migration control at a train station at the border between Germany and Poland, questioned Merz government's decision.
A few hours after the verdict, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt from CDU said that the government's asylum policy remains, despite the verdict.
“We will continue to send back (asylum seekers)” claimed Dobrindt in a statement and added that the government believes that there are legal justifications to implement the asylum policy.
The conservative CDU is co-ruling with the Social Democrats (SPD) in the government that took office at the beginning of May.
