German chancellor vows to turn away asylum seekers at borders despite court ruling – Middle East Monitor

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz today said his country would continue to reject asylum seekers at the borders despite a court ruling that called this decision unlawful.

“Until the situation at the external borders is significantly improved with the help of new European rules, we will have to maintain controls at the internal borders,” Merz said at a conference in Berlin.

“Yesterday, we saw a preliminary ruling from the Berlin Administrative Court, which may further restrict the scope…