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Border Control in Germany of Major Importance Amid Migration Crisis - Merkel

© AFP 2023 / CHRISTOF STACHE German police officer and a migrant boy joke with the officer's cap while migrants wait for a bus after their arrival at the main train station in Munich, southern Germany, September 1, 2015
German police officer and a migrant boy joke with the officer's cap while migrants wait for a bus after their arrival at the main train station in Munich, southern Germany, September 1, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Preserving temporary border control for Germany is of major importance amid the current European migration crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel fully supports temporary security checks introduced in Germany amid the current European migration crisis, said Tuesday.

"Based on the current situation, I think that border controls are necessary for us," Merkel said at an annual summer press conference in Berlin.

Asylum seeker (C, L) takes a selfie picture with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C, R) following Merkel's visit at a branch of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees and a camp for asylum-seekers in Berlin on September 10, 2015. - Sputnik International
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Moreover, this topic will soon be discussed with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

In May, 2017, the European Commission recommended Germany, Austria, Denmark and Sweden to lift enhanced border controls within 6 months. It recommended instead the strengthening of cross-border police cooperation, as well as the joint analysis of threats and cross-border information exchange between the member countries.

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