Merz plans drastic migration reforms: deportations and border controls!

Merz plans drastic migration reforms: deportations and border controls!

On May 14, 2025, Friedrich Merz, the chairman of the CDU, reports that Germany must be recognized as a country of immigration, but also plans a drastic turn in migration policy. According to Krone, he announced that there would be more deportations to counteract the unpecified immigration. In particular, the increase in low -qualified migration since 2015 is the focus of his criticism.

Merz emphasized the need for more intensive border controls and an increase in rejections to restore order in migration policy. This goes hand in hand with the plans of the Union, about which the Bundestag should vote in the coming week. According to a proposal, permanent border controls and rejections of all attempts at an illegal entry should be enforced, as reported.

planned measures for migration control

belong to the central demands of the Union:

• permanent border controls at the limits.
• Provision of empty properties for detention.
• daily deportation and the possibility for the federal police to apply for arrest warrants for deportation.
• a tightening of the right of residence for criminals and dangers.

The suggestions were not only approved. Representatives of the SPD and the Greens express concerns and consider many points to be contrary to the constitution and EU. Merz defended the plans by emphasizing that, under extraordinary emergencies, national law has priority.

political climate and support of the plans

The trigger for the new measures was a fatal knife attack in Aschaffenburg, in which a Afghan, who is subject to an exit, was involved. In this context, Merz spoke of a "new dimension of violence" in Germany. Within the Union, there is agreement that the AfD, as a political opponent, exploits the fears of the population with regard to illegal migration. FDP boss Christian Lindner asked to support the union's migration applications to counter the AfD.

In order to achieve the required majority in the Bundestag, the Union is dependent on the votes of several parties, in particular the FDP and the BSW. In this tense political climate, Merz's suggestions came across sharp criticism, with SPD boss Saskia Esch even accused him of an "extortion attempt". Despite all the resistance, Merz remains determined to change Germany's migration policy sustainably.

The Bundeswehr is meanwhile to be expanded to become the strongest conventional army in Europe, with the words of Merz that the federal government will provide all the necessary financial resources to achieve this goal, according to Krone.