Overview

• The Berlin Administrative Court ruled on June 5 that returning asylum seekers at the border without a full Dublin procedure breaches European law.
• Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt affirmed that the government will maintain its policy of immediate pushbacks despite the court’s decision.
• Judges who approved the ruling have faced personal defamation and threats in the aftermath of the verdict.
• Legal experts describe the government’s stance as a deliberate breach of law that endangers the separation of powers.
• The decision establishes a legal precedent likely to prompt additional challenges against Germany’s border rejection practices.