“We are a bit surprised by the uproar that has been created, because Germany and Italy have been cooperating well for some time on migration policy.” This was said by a spokesperson for the German Interior Ministry, responding to questions about the resumption of transfers of so-called “dublinanti” to Italy.
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The spokesperson confirmed that, with the entry into force of the new European common asylum system (Geas) in June 2026, “Dublin transfers will again be carried out towards Italy.” Germany and Italy, she recalled, concluded a bilateral agreement in autumn 2025 precisely to allow the resumption of the application of Dublin rules.
“For us it has always been clear that a functioning Dublin system is the condition for the success of the European common asylum system,” added the spokesperson, calling it “one of the main pillars” of the system.
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However, the issue of asylum seekers who arrived in Germany before the entry into force of Geas remains to be clarified. “We have also taken note of these divergences,” said the spokesperson regarding cases after mid-June and not those before, which are subject to the old Dublin rules. “These mainly concern cases after the entry into force of Geas.” Previous cases, she added, “do not substantially fall within the scope of the bilateral agreement.” The spokesperson specified that “the agreement mainly applies from mid-June, from the entry into force of the European common asylum system.”
Tajani: no problem with Germany on dublinanti
“I don’t think there is a problem” with Germany on the issue of dublinanti, clarified Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani at a press briefing in Sant’Anna di Stazzema. “I don’t think there is a problem because there is the whole issue of NGO ships flying the German flag that have disembarked in Italy. So I believe that from this point of view a balance is found, I don’t think there are problems in sending the dublinanti back to Germany,” concluded the minister.
