On Monday, Germany will mark three weeks from the introduction of border control at all land borders of the country. There is already clarity and first conclusions as to whether the inspections are having an effect. Initial estimates by the federal police show that nearly 2,500 attempts to enter Germany illegally have been registered. 409 channelers were detained. The police also announced that over 1,500 people were sent back and were not accepted on the territory of Germany.
That summed up "New TV".
On some borders, control is nothing new. On the border with Austria, border control has been carried out since 2015, but the borders where this was introduced in mid-September are those with Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Thus, control is already in place at all German land borders and it will initially last until March, and in February it will be decided whether the control should be extended.
However, it is still too early to say whether the measures are successful, or whether we will finally be able to define them simply as symbolic. But the fact is that they have led to a lot of criticism of Germany from some European leaders and some have asked themselves whether such moves portend the end of Schengen?
A village very close to the German-Luxembourg border, where there are also checks, has become a paradox. It is about Schengen - a village that gained world fame in 1985. The Moselle River passes through the village, and at one point of the river the borders of three countries - Germany, France and Luxembourg - meet. It was at this point on board a ship plying the Moselle that the Schengen Agreement was signed. In recent days, the catchphrase has also become a remark of the mayor of the village, who stated that if journalists are looking for the mayor of the village of Schengen for a comment, then there are problems in Europe.