Overview
- Uli Grötsch warns the present form of land-border controls cannot be maintained for much longer and says the Bundesbereitschaftspolizei is at the brink.
- Federal Interior Ministry figures show Bundespolizei overtime rose from 2.4 million hours on March 31 to 2.9 million by June 30.
- Grötsch says other duties are being sidelined, including enforcing knife‑ban zones at stations and conducting training.
- The government continues to hail the tougher regime as effective, pointing to monthly asylum applications well below last year’s levels.
- Grötsch urges a rapid redesign of the system and floats aerial surveillance of selected border sections to keep checks effective but workable.