German government and opposition fail to agree at migration summit

Talks between the German government and the opposition conservative parties over the management and control of migration ended without progress being made on Tuesday.

Thorsten Frei, a senior lawmaker who represented the CDU/CSU conservative bloc, said that the proposals presented by the centre-left government did not go far enough.

He said that the measures were aimed at the faster removal of rejected asylum-seekers, not at limiting the number of arrivals in the first place.

He insisted that the CDU/CSU would "support everything that helps our country.

Prior to the talks, the conservatives had made it a condition of their participation that rejections of migrants at Germany's borders would be discussed.

According to government circles, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser suggsted that in future, the federal police should check whether another member state was responsible for carrying out the asylum procedure in the event of unauthorized entry when someone applies for asylum, as well as questioning the foreigner.

The federal police could then apply to the competent court for detention due to the risk of absconding, provided that detention capacity was available. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) could then initiate an accelerated procedure for readmission by the responsible country in line with the EU's so-called Dublin rules.