{"id":46590,"date":"2026-09-27T10:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T08:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46590"},"modified":"2026-09-27T10:54:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T08:54:56","slug":"german-minister-calls-for-expedited-deportation-in-mass-border-crossings","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/german-minister-calls-for-expedited-deportation-in-mass-border-crossings\/","title":{"rendered":"German Minister calls for expedited deportation in mass border crossings \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called on Saturday for an expedited procedure to deport individuals following mass border \u200ccrossings, such as the influx into Spain&#8217;s North African enclave of Ceuta in July.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need a new European mechanism for handling migration crises,\u201d Dobrindt said at the start of \u2060a meeting in Munich with European Union (EU) counterparts and EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dobrindt said that exceptional situations similar to the one in Ceuta had occurred repeatedly at the EU\u2019s external borders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More than 72 000 people surged into Ceuta from Morocco at the end of July, although most later left. \u200cSpain \u2060estimates 12 000 migrants remain in the tiny territory, including minors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese waves are not caused by a humanitarian emergency, but are driven by misinformation,\u201d said Dobrindt, calling \u2060for a fast-track procedure for repatriation when authorities determine that there is an exceptional situation that is not \u2060linked to a humanitarian emergency.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Dobrindt, the European border protection agency Frontex should also \u2060assist countries in such situations by deploying a rapid-response force within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":46591,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-46590","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called for an expedited procedure to deport individuals","published_date":"2026-09-27 09:47:46","news_description":"German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called for an expedited procedure to deport individuals","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46592,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46590\/revisions\/46592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}