Germany to host European neighbours for migration talks next month

The German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt should welcome European counterparts for interviews on migration next month, while Berlin is pressure for more strict restrictions.

The meeting, scheduled for October 4 in Munich, is expected to be assisted by the interior ministers of Austria, Denmark, France, the Czech Republic, Italy and Poland, as well as the EU commissioner for internal affairs and migration.

“At the migration meeting in Munich, we will discuss new measures and measures necessary for the reversal of European migration,” Dobrindt told Portal Pioneer. “We have to harden the EU migration pact and tighten the deportation rules.”

Dobrindt organized a similar meeting in July, just a few weeks after a new government led by the Conservatives took office in Berlin.

The coalition led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz has promised to restrict migration.

A few days after taking office, Dobrindt ordered the border police to reject asylum seekers at the country’s borders, a decision which, according to criticism, violates the law of the EU.

During the July meeting, the ministers described five priorities, in particular measures against smuggling and trafficking, the emphasis placed on the return of migrants, including in Syria and Afghanistan, and a commitment to establish strategic partnerships with third countries.