North Rhine-Westphalia will build an asylum border-processing centre at Düsseldorf Airport, with a permanent facility targeted for mid-2028 and a temporary solution in Ratingen set to start at the beginning of 2027.
The site will handle so-called Asylgrenzverfahren under the EU asylum reform, which creates a tighter airport-arrival process for applicants who meet defined criteria, including people from low-recognition countries, those with disputed identity data, and those classified as a security or public-order risk. NRW will run the initial screening in Bochum, covering identity checks, biometrics, security vetting, vulnerability assessment and health screening.
The airport facility places Düsseldorf inside a new federal network of six such centres. For operators, that means new border-processing infrastructure on airport property and a longer-term shift in how air-side arrivals are segregated, assessed and transferred.