12:29⇢Dobrindt's Migration Crackdown
⌨The newspapers report on migration policies taking center stage, with designated Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announcing plans for stricter border controls and increased rejections at German borders, drawing criticism (RP Online). The Federal Office for Migration has resumed asylum interviews for Syrian refugees following regime changes in Syria (Welt). International news includes Austrian police hunting for a supermarket shooter (Bild), Malta blocking a rescue ship with Greta Thunberg expected to board (Neues Deutschland), and Putin's continued focus on Crimea being central to his war strategy (Tagesspiegel, merkur.de). Holocaust survivor Eva Umlauf discusses German society's processing of Nazi history, criticizing tendencies toward victim-perpetrator role reversal (Spiegel).