Call for German coalition talks to resolve legal limbo over asylum
"In my view, there can no longer be blanket rejections because the courts will stop them," said Matthias Miersch, head of the parliamentary group of the Social Democrats (SPD), which is the junior member of the conservative-led coalition.
The Berlin Administrative Court ruled on Monday that the rejection of three Somalis during a check on the border with Poland was unlawful.
Without clarification as to which EU state is responsible for the asylum application of those affected, they should not be turned away, according to the ruling. The three Somalis are now back in Berlin.
Miersch told the weekend edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that the court's decision raised fundamental questions that the government should address.
"Incidentally, the Chancellor [Friedrich Merz] also stated this very clearly when he said that the practice must be reviewed again in light of this court decision," said Miersch.
"And I expect this to happen now, because otherwise we will see further proceedings being lost in the coming months."
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt introduced more intensive border controls on May 7, and ordered that asylum seekers should also be able to be turned back at the border in future.
Merz, who belongs to the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), recently said he would continue to refuse asylum seekers at the border even after the administrative court ruling.
Monday's decision may narrow the government's room for manoeuvre on the issue, although at the current time authorities can effectively still turn back asylum seekers at the border.
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