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Germany has some 3700 km of land borders, more than the US’ border with Mexico. German politicians and media have not been honest about the funding and personnel that would be required to seriously control immigration.
Nor do they want to be honest about how arbitrary the controls are. If they were to properly control the most likely means used by organized crime to get people in, trucks, we would see the German economy and European logistics collapse.
Germany has some 3700 km of land borders, more than the US’ border with Mexico. German politicians and media have not been honest about the funding and personnel that would be required to seriously control immigration.
It’s completely unnecessary and stupid. There is one border we need to protect and it’s the Schengen Border.
Everything else is right wing populism
Nor do they want to be honest about how arbitrary the controls are. If they were to properly control the most likely means used by organized crime to get people in, trucks, we would see the German economy and European logistics collapse.