Rejections at the Border

The migration debate has become even more heated since the admission of refugees from Ukraine and the simultaneous general humanitarian and irregular migration pressure. It impacts national and European discourses as well as election results, government constellations and policies. In Germany, a dispute has arisen over the implementation of rejection of asylum seekers at internal borders. This has the potential to indirectly jeopardise the Common European Asylum System as well as the Schengen freedom of movement in Europe as a whole and eventually the European project itself. The following article aims to familiarise a European and international readership with the explosive force of this debate.