“The challenges of illegal migration and smuggling can only be tackled together as European partners. Chancellor Scholz and the Polish prime minister Donald Tusk agreed on this matter during a telephone conversation” – wrote on platform X spokesman government Federal Minister Steffen Hebestreit on Friday, September 13.
Donald Tusk spoke on the phone with Olaf Scholz. The main topic was migration policy
“Chancellor Scholz explained the initiative initiated by Government Federal migration policy measures and further considerations on limiting illegal migration, which are within the framework of the European legal order” – described on page German Federal Government Press and Information Office.
Donald Tusk and Olaf Scholz are said to have agreed to strengthen the protection of Europe's external borders, especially in the face of Belarus's “cynical” exploitation of migrants. They will also continue “close exchanges of views on these issues.”
Germany introduces controls on all borders
As already we informedrandom checks will be carried out at all German borders from Monday, September 16. – The number of people entering the country illegally German has fallen. Also because we have introduced border controls and now decided at the beginning of this week to extend them to all German borders for as long as possible. We have achieved noticeable results and we will not deviate from this effective path, Olaf Scholz said in the Bundestag.
In less than a year, German police and border guards have tracked down more than 50,000 illegal immigrants. More than 30,000 have been successfully returned.