Berlin to toughen anti-terror measures after attacks
Germany’s
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere is preparing to unveil a slew of new
anti-terror measures, reports said Wednesday, after two attacks in July claimed
by the Islamic State group.
The new measures
to be announced Thursday include speeding up the expulsion process for asylum
seekers convicted of crimes, Bild daily reported, quoting anonymous security
sources.
The minister is
also planning to introduce “threat to public security” as a new reason for
deporting migrants.
Doctors will
also have their confidentiality obligations lifted in special cases that would
allow them to inform authorities should their patient be a potential threat to
the population, added Bild.
The tougher
stance comes after the two attacks by migrants in the southern state of Bavaria
— an axe rampage on a train in Wuerzburg and a suicide bombing in Ansbach. In
Wuerzburg, the 17-year-old attacker was shot dead by police after injuring five
people. In Ansbach 15 people were injured after a failed Syrian asylum seeker
detonated his explosive outside a music festival, killing himself.
De Maiziere is
also expected to sign off next week on a declaration with regional interior
ministers from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union and sister
party Christian Social Union that calls for further security and anti-terror
measures, according to RND media group which publishes more than 30 regional
dailies.
These additional
measures include imposing a burqa ban, scrapping the possibility of dual
nationalities and boosting the presence of police in trains, as well as at
train stations and airports.
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