The German Ministry of Interior has decided to abolish the systematic border control checks for airline passengers coming from Greece, German media report on Wednesday citing a relevant report by French news agency AFP.
According to the same information, German Interior Minister Horst Seehoffer has reportedly informed the European Commission about the decision is, while at the tsame time it announced to extend border checks at the border with Austria for additional six months.
Border checks were introduced by Germany in September 2015 and their last extension expires on 12 May. In November 2017, then Interior Minister Thomas De Maiziere commanded the extension of checks on flights from Greece was in order to prevent illegal entries into the country.
“The checks that have been made since then have not shown anything remarkable about a” gray zone “in relation to illegal entrances with flights from Greece to Germany. That is why we are removing systematic controls, “a spokesman of the Interior Ministry in Berlin said, adding that sampling checks at German airports would be reintroduced in consultation with Greece.
