{"id":80404,"date":"2023-10-25T01:43:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T01:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=80404"},"modified":"2023-10-25T01:43:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T01:43:49","slug":"former-merkel-minister-says-eu-could-close-external-borders-in-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/former-merkel-minister-says-eu-could-close-external-borders-in-5-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Merkel minister says EU could close external borders in 5 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
A former minister under Angela Merkel has said that the EU could eventually close its external borders in as little as ‘five years’.<\/p>\n
Speaking about migration on ThePioneer podcast, former German health minister Jens Spahn demanded that ‘anyone who is rescued in the Mediterranean must be returned to the North African coast.’<\/p>\n
The deputy chairman of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) went on to say that the closure of EU borders ‘will happen’.<\/p>\n
He said: ‘The border will be closed sooner or later. Whether in five or 15 years, I cannot tell you. But it will happen.’<\/p>\n
Immigration has been an urgent political crisis in Germany after millions of Middle Eastern refugees migrated there in 2015.<\/p>\n
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Speaking about migration on ThePioneer podcast, former German health minister Jens Spahn (pictured) demanded that ‘anyone who is rescued in the Mediterranean must be returned to the North African coast’<\/p>\n
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Spain was a minister under Angela Merkel and has said that the EU could eventually close its external borders in as little as ‘five years’<\/p>\n
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Immigration has been an urgent political crisis in Germany after millions of Middle Eastern refugees migrated there in 2015 (Pictured: Migrants rescued in the Mediterranean earlier this month)<\/p>\n
Mr Spahn said: ‘The key question is not repatriation, but limiting irregular migration.<\/p>\n
‘If we talk about illegal migration, logically the number should be zero, because it’s illegal.’<\/p>\n
He has, however, received backlash for suggesting violence is used to stop illegal migrants.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the podcast, he said that if necessary the EU must ‘use physical violence to stop irregular migration movements’.<\/p>\n
Clara Anne Buerger, the Left wing MP, said: ‘Jens Spahn now wants gangs of thugs to beat back people seeking protection at the borders… This is clearly illegal and potentially criminal.’<\/p>\n