Court: German move to turn away asylum seekers at border unlawful
The German government's move to turn away asylum seekers at the country's borders is unlawful, a Berlin court ruled on Monday.
The urgent decision by the Berlin Administrative Court is a blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who has pledged to crack down on migration.
Shortly after taking office last month, Merz's government advised police that they could turn back irregular migrants at the border, even if they applied for asylum.
The court ruled in favour of three Somalis who were turned back to Poland from the border town of Frankfurt an der Oder on May 9, judging that they should have been handled under the European Union's so-called Dublin procedure for asylum cases.
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