Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) wants to accelerate the deportation of people who do not have the right to reside in Germany by implementing the so-called third-country regulation in cooperation with the EU member states.

"We need third countries that are willing to accept migrants who objectively cannot be returned to their home countries. Enabling these third-country solutions is something we are currently discussing at the European level," he told "Welt am Sonntag."

The Federal Government can only initiate a repatriation offensive in close consultation with its EU partners. With regard to the third-country solution, Dobrindt said: "No state can create such a model alone; it must be addressed at the EU level. We are currently developing the foundations for this. I think implementation can be successful, for example, with rejected asylum seekers, because they have already gone through the asylum procedure." Regarding the countries that would be considered for a third-country solution in the future, Dobrindt stated: "This can be discussed at the European level. I think they should be countries that are close to the respective countries of origin." The governments of Great Britain and Italy had negotiated agreements with Rwanda and Albania, respectively, to outsource asylum procedures and the care of people with protection status, but the practical implementation failed due to corresponding court rulings in both countries. The Federal Minister of the Interior also announced his intention to begin deporting rejected asylum seekers and criminals from Syria and Afghanistan as soon as possible: "I want to begin negotiations with government representatives in Syria about repatriations as soon as possible. My predecessor, Nancy Faeser, held preliminary talks on this matter; I want to continue this thread and, together with our European neighbors, try to reach an agreement with Syria." Fundamentally, permanent repatriation agreements will not be possible without the consent of the countries of origin. "For me, it is crucial that we create these repatriation options with both Syria and Afghanistan," said Dobrindt. "These must be sustainable in the long term. It cannot be the case that deportations are carried out once shortly before elections, as we saw with the flight to Afghanistan. It is about a permanent solution with both Syria and Afghanistan." Dobrindt drew a positive assessment of the stricter controls at Germany's borders and the rejections imposed since the beginning of May, aimed at curbing illegal migration. "In the last three weeks, there have been 45 percent more rejections than in the previous weeks. Asylum applications at the border are also low because word quickly spread that entry into the Federal Republic of Germany is no longer guaranteed despite an asylum application," the minister told "Welt am Sonntag." In the first week of the stricter border regime, only 51 asylum seekers were among the 739 people rejected by the Federal Police. Cooperation with neighboring countries regarding rejections is proceeding flawlessly, contrary to what has been repeatedly reported, according to Dobrindt. "There are no problems at Germany's borders. We are coordinating with our neighboring countries. It is our concern not to overburden our neighbors," explained the Federal Minister of the Interior. "But our neighbors must also recognize that Germany is no longer willing to continue its migration policy of recent years." The governments of neighboring EU countries have positively assessed the federal government's measures against illegal migration, Dobrindt said: "Everyone welcomes the fact that Germany is becoming less attractive for illegal migration. This also relieves the burden on transit countries." Cooperation with France, in particular, is close. "We are currently working on further initiatives with my French colleague. These involve two major pillars: the national and the European. At the European level, we want to advance the migration transition more quickly," the CSU minister announced. The intensity of border controls will be adjusted depending on the situation. "For now, we're focusing on visible signs," Dobrindt said. And they're already having an effect: "Incidentally, we're already seeing a domino effect, because our neighbors are also strengthening border controls with their respective neighbors."