Border controls: German federal police arrest 266 smugglers in four weeks Five huge problems that worry Zelenskyj

During its checks at Germany’s borders, the German Federal Police detected more than 11,000 unauthorized entries and arrested 266 smugglers within a month. As the Federal Police Headquarters in Potsdam announced on Friday evening, emergency services at the borders with Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland have also been able to identify 3,528 wanted people and execute 670 outstanding arrest warrants, according to preliminary figures. same period. In addition, 173 violations of the Weapons Act and 79 violations of the Explosives Act were found, the report said.

German Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) announced stationary border controls at the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland on October 16, initially for ten days and then extended several times. She justified this step with the fight against illegal immigration and smuggling crime. Since the autumn of 2015, there have been controls at the land border with Austria. There are actually no permanent border controls in the Schengen area.

As the Federal Police Headquarters reported, a total of 11,029 unauthorized entries were detected at the four border sections between October 16 and November 16. 4,790 people were affected by measures that prevented entry or “terminated their stay”. From the beginning of January to the end of October, about 267,000 people applied for asylum in Germany for the first time – about 67 percent more than in the same period last year. (sda/dpa)