Germany calls for faster deportations after mass border crossings — TimesLIVE

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called at a meeting in Munich for the introduction of an expedited procedure for deporting people following mass crossings of the EU’s external borders. He put forward the proposal during talks with colleagues from EU countries and European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner.

New EU mechanism

Dobrindt said there was a need for a new European mechanism to respond to migration crises. According to him, exceptional situations similar to the mass crossing of people into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa have repeatedly occurred at the EU’s external borders.

As TimesLIVE reports, the minister believes that the expedited return procedure should be applied when authorities determine that a situation is exceptional and not related to a humanitarian emergency. He also said that, in his view, such waves of border crossings are caused by disinformation rather than a humanitarian crisis.

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Situation in Ceuta

At the end of July, more than 72,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, although most of them later left the small territory. Spain estimates that around 12,000 migrants, including minors, remain there.

Dobrindt also proposed that the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex assist countries in such situations. In his view, the agency should deploy rapid response forces within 24 hours.