Overview
- Magnus Brunner urged Berlin to phase out its temporary internal border controls, stressing they are legally time‑limited.
- He argued that stronger protection of the EU’s external frontier is needed so routine checks within the bloc are not required.
- The commissioner called for rapid implementation of the Common European Asylum System to harmonize procedures across member states.
- Brunner advocated tougher returns policy, including deportations to Syria for eligible cases and for convicted offenders, citing EU Asylum Agency assessments of improved conditions.
- German authorities deported a 32‑year‑old Syrian convicted of violent and drug offenses, which the Interior Ministry says is the second removal to Syria since 2024, as Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt reaffirmed expulsions of offenders.