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Mal davon abgesehen, dass die Maßnahmen dem europarechtlichen Grundprinzip der Freizügigkeit im Schengen-Raum widersprechen - wenden Sie auch Gewalt gegen Ihre Besucher an, müssen die sich ausziehen und durchsuchen lassen?

Gewalt und #Diskriminierung: Vor dem Verwaltungsgericht Stuttgart klagen wir mit der syrischen Journalistin und Menschenrechtsaktivistin Sandra Alloush. Nach einer gewaltsamen Kontrolle meidet sie als rassifizierte Person Grenzübergänge – mit Folgen für ihre Arbeit.

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“Alloush has shown exceptional courage in taking this case against Germany,” says Hanaa Hakiki, directress of ECCHR’s border justice team. “In doing so, she is standing up for our right to live in states governed by the rule of law, not by arbitrary, dangerous and short-sighted political decisions.”

"Under the guise of combatting so-called irregular migration, European states including Germany have effectively legitimized racial profiling and violence targeting racialized migrants but also racialized European citizens and residents", says Emmanuel Achiri from @enareurope.bsky.social.

EU law says that border controls within Schengen may only be re-introduced as a justified exceptional measure. Germany has kept permanent border controls on all of its borders since September 2024 although their justifications are not backed up by the available federal police statistics.

“This is how racialized people like me are handled at German borders,” says the complainant, Sandra Alloush. “Having documentation and long-term residency didn’t protect me from police violence. Yet, bringing this case makes me think something good can come out of the trauma.”

Still, the officers insisted Alloush could not enter without a passport and forced her off the train and took her to a police station even though she was not under arrest. At the police station, officers used violence, strip searched, detained, and ultimately made her walk back to France.

Background: In June 2025, Alloush was on a train headed to Germany for a work trip. Shortly after the train crossed the border from France, police came on board. Alloush showed her French residency permit and a document confirming the renewal of her passport.

With the support of ECCHR, @freiheitsrechte.org and @enareurope.bsky.social, Alloush asks the court to confirm the illegal nature of the control. These measures violate fundamental rights under German law, as well as a founding principle of EU law, namely the right to move freely within Schengen.