Germany Updates: Border Checks Cost over €80 Million
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However, the number of rejections remained constant – despite the proliferation of forces by Interior Minister Dobrindt.
EUR 80 million Extra costs for controls that break EU law and break neighbours: an expensive symbolic policy that undermines the Schengen agreement and undermines trust in the rule of law.


Germany updates: Border checks cost over €80 million
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Despite the enormous costs and staffing burden of the police, Interior Minister Dobrindt has already extended the controls at the German national borders.
Around 14,000 federal police officers are currently deployed at the German national borders. The Federal Government can cost millions of border controls. According to a report, the most expensive is the overtime of the officials.
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