Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser wants to maintain the existing border controls to combat irregular migration and people smuggling until further notice. „For me, border controls will remain as long as necessary,“ said Faeser during a visit to the Federal Police in Görlitz on Tuesday. In her view, the controls at the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland should remain in place until irregular migration has effectively decreased. It is necessary for the measures of the new European asylum system, which provide for stronger protection of the EU’s external borders, to take effect.