German police check the details of a French car near the border to Belgium in Aachen, Germany, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, as Germany begins carrying out checks at all its land borders.

Border controls with Germany and Lithuania, which were introduced by Poland on July 7, have been extended until October 4.

The figures prove this,” he said. Germany turned back 47,000 people back at its borders, seeing one-third fewer asylum requests year-on-year and arresting 1,900 smugglers.

18:30, Thu, May 8, 2025 Updated: 18:39, Thu, May 8, 2025 Germany has launched a new initiative to tighten border controls and temper the flow of undocumented migrants into the country. Newly ...

Germany and Poland, which share a 467-kilometre border, are both part of the visa-free Schengen Area, which typically allows citizens to travel across borders easily for work or pleasure.

Germany’s government coordinator for German-Polish relations and cross-border cooperation expressed concern about the German-Polish border controls.

Germany's outgoing government has extended border controls by six months in a bid to curb irregular migration, a key issue in the lead-up to the country's federal election on 23 February. Chancellor ...

Germany and Poland share a 290-mile border and are both part of the visa-free Schengen Area, which typically allows citizens to travel across borders easily for work or pleasure. However ...

Germany, a European Union member, announced last week that it was expanding border checks to all nine of its land borders this week as part of an effort to crack down on irregular migration and crime ...