Schuster Interior Ministers' Conference satisfied

"It must be possible to deport dangerous individuals who want to carry out terrorist attacks in Germany or people who continue to commit serious crimes to their countries of origin," demanded Schuster. The IMK had unequivocally called on the federal government to allow deportations and controlled departures for this group of people to their countries of origin, Syria and Afghanistan.

The CDU politician once again spoke out in favor of data retention. "Time and again, we receive last-minute information from abroad that helps us to arrest terrorists and prevent attacks in Germany - only very rarely can German authorities obtain this information themselves." For this purpose, measures such as telecommunication surveillance or online searches are necessary, but data retention also plays a decisive role in identifying perpetrators and their preparatory acts.

"It is ambiguous to do without these necessary instruments in Germany, but at the same time hope to receive the knowledge gained through the use of such instruments from other countries," emphasized Schuster. That is why the Federal Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser (SPD), has once again been called upon to make the most effective use possible of the regulatory leeway identified by the European Court of Justice. "We need a legal obligation to store IP addresses and port numbers. This data retention would also make a decisive contribution to combating the abuse of children."