Overview

• The Interior Ministry now counts about 11,900 people turned back since the May tightening, including 660 with asylum claims.
• Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt calls the policy a highly effective deterrent and says it complies with German and EU law.
• An ARD legal analyst notes the Berlin Administrative Court found such rejections breach EU rules, with broader legality still contested.
• The Deutsche Polizeigewerkschaft asks for fewer border deployments as flows ease, citing heavy overtime and strain on personnel.
• Extra costs reached roughly €80.5 million through end-June and up to about 14,000 federal police were assigned, while Berlin has notified the EU it will prolong the checks.