Overview
- Three plaintiffs filed suits at administrative courts in Munich and Stuttgart challenging Germany’s ongoing identity checks at external EU borders.
- The cases involve Innsbruck professor Werner Schroeder, journalist Sandra Alloush, and a Black passenger who report wrongful stops, with allegations of racial profiling and abusive treatment during a search in Kehl.
- Rights groups GFF and ECCHR back the claims, arguing the controls breach the Schengen Code and citing earlier decisions by the European Court of Justice and German courts.
- Lawyers contend falling unauthorized entry figures undercut the government’s justification and say successful rulings could affect checks at other German borders expanded since September 2024 and later intensified.
- A separate development at the German‑Danish frontier shows police installing tents and containers at checkpoints, prompting a minority party lawmaker to warn of a drift toward permanent controls despite unclear effectiveness data.