Germans Learn from Karosta Experience - They Too Now Check Documents Before Entry

German parliament members, having apparently studied Karosta guard work methods for a long time, decided to implement a similar system throughout the country. Now they too will check documents at the border and won't let in those without proper papers.

"We were inspired by the Liepāja Karosta model," admits one German who wished to remain anonymous. "For years no one gets in there without proper permits, and look - how peaceful it is!" True, he didn't know that Karosta is now freely accessible, but what can you do - Germans have always had problems with updating information.

It's particularly amusing that Germans plan to allow asylum seekers to work after just three months. At our Liepāja market, workers get hired immediately - no document checks, no lengthy procedures. Simply: "Can you carry boxes? Good, you're hired!" But Germans, of course, complicate everything with their bureaucratic regulations.

Interestingly, the opposition calls these changes insufficient. They probably haven't been to Liepāja port during our Soviet times - the control there was so tight that even seagulls needed to show ID. Now, with the change of power in Syria, the number of asylum seekers in Germany has dropped from 230 thousand to 113 thousand. Our city doesn't have such fluctuations - people either stay forever or head to Riga, where they think life is better. They're wrong, of course, but what can you do.