Overview

• The Berlin Administrative Court ruled that the May refusal of three Somali asylum seekers at the Frankfurt (Oder) crossing was illegal, leading to their transfer to Berlin to file applications
• Alexander Dobrindt has said Germany will maintain strengthened border controls and submit its legal reasoning to the European Court of Justice for a definitive ruling
• SPD parliamentary leader Matthias Miersch is demanding a full review of blanket rejections at the border, warning that unchanged practices will face further court defeats
• The CSU alleges that Pro Asyl advised migrants to destroy identification and use new phones to complicate deportations, a claim Pro Asyl’s leadership has robustly denied
• The federal government is exploring the expansion of safe-origin country lists and the outsourcing of asylum procedures to third countries to curb irregular migration