German Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser makes a press statement during her visit to the Gifhorn base of the Federal Police Air Wing. Moritz Frankenberg/dpa
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said she wants to work more closely with France in the fight against Islamist terrorism after a deadly knife attack by a Syrian refugee with suspected ties to the Islamic State group in the city of Solingen in western Germany last week.
"These are difficult times for us in Germany at the moment after the terrible terrorist attack in Solingen, which is why I was also moved to exchange views with my French colleague on how we can counter the terrible acts of violent Islamists," Faeser said at a meeting with French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin in Paris on Wednesday.
"It was important to me that we exchanged views on how we can combat Islamism to a greater extent by working together, but also how we can continue to push back irregular migration," said Faeser.
In particular, she said it is about curbing so-called secondary migration, which is the movement of refugees between EU member states.
The European Commission must put pressure on member states who will not take back refugees who made their initial application for asylum there.
Berlin says the suspected perpetrator who killed three people in Solingen - a 26-year-old Syrian man who has been remanded in custody - was supposed to have been deported to Bulgaria last year after his request for asylum in Germany had been rejected. Germany believes Bulgaria was the EU county responsible for processing his claim.
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