Attack on a German festival tonight😢 Several dead & injured..

[Janesygal]

https://www.thejournal.ie/several-dead-and-injured-in-attack-on-german-festival-6470549-Aug2024/

This is horrific.

I read that he was imprisoned for two years and was supposed to be deported upon release.
So he was already out of prison, but not deported since the Taliban were in power by the time he got released.
Another case was an Afghan teenager (supposedly 16 at the time) who had raped an 11 year old girl, but was only given a suspended sentence and avoided prison altogether.
As @Janesygal I also think that with the raising popularity of the AfD the current German government need to be seen to be taking a harder stance.

Coming back to this thread as this was in a BBC article yesterday

'The CDU - the party of former Chancellor Angela Merkel - has proposed turning all asylum seekers back at the border, even those who are eligible, on the basis they have travelled through other safe EU countries.

Gerhard Karner, Austria's interior minister, told Bild newspaper on Monday that his country would not take in any migrants rejected by Germany.

"There's no room for manoeuvre there," he said.'

I predicted a while back we'd start seeing countries shift to work against established convention, to usual backlash.

But I'm wondering how it works with international law and if it is possible what other EU countries will do.

Feeling obliged to be seen to do something following the Islamist attacks (& dare we say it the success of the AfD), the German government has increased their border checks

Interior Nancy Faeser announced temporary measures for six months that would limit irregular migration and commence on September 16th

Germany will now perform passport checks at all crossing points (ie Poland, Austria, France, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands). Faeser claims that Schengen travel will continue to be seamless

Germany already has enhanced control on the borders between Poland, Czechia , Austria and Switzerland

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-extends-temporary-controls-to-all-land-borders/a-70171255