German Christian Democrats have broken off talks with the government in Berlin on a joint approach to asylum and migration policy. The Christian Democrat bloc believes that the restrictions proposed by Olaf Scholz's cabinet do not go far enough. Earlier, the CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag demanded that the government start sending back significantly more asylum seekers at the borders.
Germany's Christian Democratic opposition bloc CDU/CSU has broken off talks with Olaf Scholz's government on a joint approach to asylum and migration policy, Reuters reports, citing a Christian Democrat negotiator. CDU politician Thorsten Frei, quoted by the agency, said the government's proposals on asylum seekers at the country's borders did not go far enough.
Debate on tightening migration law
Earlier, the CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag had demanded that Scholz's centre-left government start sending back significantly more asylum seekers at the border as a precondition for further talks.
IN Germany There has been a debate on tightening migration law for several months now, which has been intensified the attack in Solingen August 23. The attacker, identified as 26-year-old Syrian Issa al H., attacked people with a knife during the festival, wounding and killing random participants.
On Monday, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser ordered temporary controls at all land borders Germany and presented a plan for returning people without permission to enter the country.
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