Moments later, he and 21 fellow Syrians are detained by German federal police, after the government stepped up border checks to combat a surge in illegal migrant crossings. "The smuggler who was ...

New border crossings were created ... In most cases, the main East-West German border outside Berlin consisted of heavily fortified fences rather than walls. There were a few exceptions, however ...

The suspect, unnamed due to German privacy rules ... exit documents and accompanied to a border crossing at the Friedrichstrasse railway station in East Berlin, according to prosecutors.

He said the defendant, whose name was not given in line with German privacy ... and accompanied to a border crossing at the Friedrichstrasse railway station in East Berlin, according to prosecutors.

German police have said they are concerned that border officers might face legal problems after a court blocked the government's efforts to turn away asylum seekers at the country's borders. Shortly ...

(CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an attempt to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. It became a ...

East German soldiers monitored the barriers ... Thousands of East Berliners flooded toward border crossings along the Wall, where confused guards eventually opened the gates.

Moments later, he and 21 fellow Syrians are detained by German federal police, after the government stepped up border checks to combat a surge in illegal migrant crossings ... in Germany's former ...