ViennacTypeface:> Austria will not accept asylum seekers turned back at the German border, the Interior Ministry in Vienna told dpa on Sunday after the parties seeking to form Germany’s next coalition put forward a plan including that.
The plan agreed to on Saturday by negotiators for the centre-right CDU/CSU alliance and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), which will likely form the next German government, calls for asylum seekers to be turned back at German land borders - but only if neighbouring European countries agree.
Austria takes the view that under current European Union law those making application for asylum cannot simply be turned back at the border.
“The Interior Ministry has therefore instructed the relevant state-level police departments not to accept prohibitions on entry on the part of the Germany authorities in contravention of EU law,” the Interior Ministry said. (DPA)
