Iran was not causing migration wave – Dobrindt

German police say one person was killed and four others were seriously injured in an explosion at a pedestrian underpass in Völklingen on Saturday morning.

Two people were said to have suffered life-threatening injuries in the explosion, which investigators said was caused by “human action”.

He did not initially provide further details.

Völklingen is a town of about 40,000 people located a few kilometers (miles) west of Saarbrücken, the capital of the Saarland state, on the border with France.

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has said that the US-Israel war over Iran has prevented many people from seeking refuge in Europe so far, but that European authorities are taking precautionary measures.

“At the moment we are not seeing an increase in migration pressure,” Dobrindt said. rhenish post newspaper in an interview published on Saturday.

He said authorities were monitoring migration activities in countries such as Iran and Lebanon.

“Currently, we are seeing high levels of internal migration in both countries, but we are not yet detecting pressure at the Turkish border. This would be the first indicator of further migration movement towards Europe,” Dobrindt said.

Above 4.25 million people internally displaced in both countries According to the World Health Organization (WHO) report, between the beginning of the war in February 28 and the beginning of April.

In his Saturday comments, Dobrindt said the coming weeks will show how the situation evolves, particularly in the Middle East, and what type of migration movements may occur.

He also kept open the possibility of extending border controls beyond September.

Dobrindt ordered intensive checks and denial of entry to all nine of Germany’s outskirts soon after taking office in May last year, a move that is allowed only on a temporary basis under the EU’s Schengen rules.

Those checks have been increased twice since Germany adopted a more stringent migration policy.

Good morning! From the DW newsroom team in Bonn!

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has said that because of the United States and Israel’s war with Iran so far, more people have not come to Europe to escape the fighting.

Germany’s anti-Semitism commissioner has called on organizers of cultural events to be wary of artists using performances to spread anti-Israel messages.

And at least one person died in an explosion in a town near Germany’s border with France, the cause of which is still under investigation.

You can read about these and other stories from Europe’s largest economy in our roundup of German stories from Saturday, April 18.