In response, the German Interior Ministry has placed an extra 90 border guards and 40 federal police officers on the border, Swiss finance minister Ueli Maurer told NZZ on Sunday. The Interior Ministry in Berlin confirmed that the number of refugee arrivals through Switzerland had risen, but added that on a daily basis less than 50 people were arriving. The Interior Ministry spokesperson said that federal police are taking measures on the Swiss border “like the border controls which have been re-instituted on the Austrian border which are there to deter or prevent entry”. Recently released figures show that Germany is turning away far more refugees at the border in 2016 than it did in 2015. Members of Die Linke (Left Party) in Germany have described the increase in turn backs at the border as irresponsible.

Source: The Local August 22, 2016 09:56 UTC