Merkel Coalition Agrees on Anti-Terror Plan After Berlin Attack
German Justice Minister Heiko Maas, left, and German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere leave after a press conference on security reforms after the Berlin truck attack in Berlin, on Jan. 10.
Photographer: Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty ImagesThis article is for subscribers only.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government plans to keep a closer watch on asylum seekers deemed terror risks as part of its first set of proposals in response to a truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market that killed 12 people last month.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere and Justice Minister Heiko Maas said the measures would include easing the deportation of rejected asylum seekers, increasing surveillance of many marked for expulsion and limiting development aid to countries that don’t cooperate in deportation processes.