00:00A court in Berlin ruled that the rejection of asylum seekers at borders is unlawful,
00:07dealing a major blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz's immigration policy.
00:11The court ruled after considering appeals from three Somali nationals who sought asylum
00:16but were turned away after arriving by train from Poland.
00:19In diesem Einzelfallbeschluss geht es um drei Somalier, die versucht haben, am 2. Mai bereits die deutsche Grenze von Polen Richtung Deutschland zu überqueren.
00:36Sie sind dabei zurückgewiesen worden. Sie haben zu diesem Zeitpunkt kein Asylbegehren gestellt.
00:42Ferner sind sie dann am 3. Mai erneut an der deutschen Grenze erschienen, wurden wieder zurückgewiesen,
00:51haben auch zu diesem Zeitpunkt kein Asylbegehren gestellt.
00:56Am 9. Mai sind sie erneut an der deutschen Grenze erschienen, haben da ein Asylbegehren gestellt.
01:05The court says at least one of the foreign nationals had valid evidence of vulnerability.
01:10It added that the Merz government was in violation of asylum laws by not examining the applications.
01:18It also noted that the new federal government was violating the EU's Dublin immigration system.
01:24Dobrindt, however, insisted that the government's immigration initiatives will not change.
01:28Merz had vowed in his campaign trail to crack down on immigration.
01:48In May, his conservative government unveiled new measures which seek to impose a blanket ban on asylum applications.
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