Overview

• The new policy allows border officers to turn back asylum seekers, marking a significant shift in Germany’s migration approach.
• Seehofer warns the AfD is within striking distance, cautioning that any backtracking on migration promises could open the door for far-right gains.
• He credits party colleague Alexander Dobrindt with delivering a long-awaited migration turnaround after ten years of fraught debate.
• Seehofer faults Angela Merkel’s 2015/2016 border opening for laying the groundwork for the AfD’s rise.
• A Berlin Administrative Court ruled that turning back three Somali asylum seekers at Frankfurt (Oder) station was unlawful, raising doubts about the policy’s legal foundation.