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German govt to ask EU court to rule on migrant turnbacks
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Germany's Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the German government would seek a ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the legality of migrant turnbacks at the border.
Dobrindt's comments to the Funke media group follow a ruling by a court in Berlin on Monday that the refusal to allow three Somali nationals to enter last month was unlawful.
The court ruled that on May 9, border guards failed to initiate proper asylum procedures and returned the trio to Poland.
According to the court, Germany should have applied the European Union's so-called Dublin Regulation, establishing which country is responsible for the asylum claim of the migrants, before they were sent back.
The Dublin rule specifies which EU state should process an asylum application, partly to prevent arrivals from making claims in wealthier countries rather than the first EU nation that they entered.
Dobrindt said the government would provide its rationale for invoking Article 72 — a special clause under EU law that permits exceptions to the Dublin rule in emergencies.
"We will submit sufficient justification, but the European Court of Justice should decide on the matter," Dobrindt said, adding: "I am convinced that our actions are in line with European law."
Dobrindt insisted that Germany had to crack down on illegal migration, which he said would prevent the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party from pushing more radical solutions.
Germany introduced tougher border checks on May 7, including new rules allowing asylum seekers to be turned away at the border for the first time
In the first days of the new rule, 19 people who had applied for asylum were denied entry, along with nearly 300 other migrants, German media reported. Following this week's court ruling, the cabinet approved even stricter measures.
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