The new Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt from the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) has ordered stricter controls on Germany's borders to curb irregular immigration. Non-EU citizens ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alexander Dobrindt (L), German Minister of the Interior, speaks during his visit to the Joint Counter-Terrorism Center (GTAZ) on ...

BERLIN — Germany’s interior minister said Thursday that the number of people turned back at the country’s borders increased by nearly half in the new government’s first week in office after it stepped ...

July 7 (UPI) --The Polish government on Monday reintroduced border control measures between Lithuania and Germany due to growing public concern over what many say is irregular migration. The Polish ...

BERLIN — Germany’s new government plans to station more police at the border to curb illegal migration and even turn away some of the asylum seekers trying to enter Europe’s biggest economy, the new ...

Germany has been tightening border controls since Chancellor Friedrich Merz came to power - Copyright AFP Michaela STACHE Germany has been tightening border controls ...

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt attends a press conference on unreported violence in Germany, at the Federal Press Conference building in Berlin, Germany, February 10, 2026.

WARSAW, Poland — Poland will temporarily reinstate border controls with neighboring Germany and Lithuania, in response to border restriction taken by Germany to discourage asylum-seekers, Prime ...

SLUBICE, Poland (AP) — Poland reinstated border controls on Monday with Germany and Lithuania, following similar German restrictions imposed earlier this year aimed at discouraging asylum-seekers.