Germany prepares for more border controls

Germany prepares for more border controls
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full screen The border between Germany and Poland. Archive image. Photo: Bernd Wuestneck/dpa/AP/TT

The German government is preparing for new checkpoints at the country’s borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland and will report this to the European Commission, reports Die Welt.

According to the information, the registration should be for preventive purposes, in the event that some countries would send more migrants on to Germany.

The information comes from sources within the governing party SPD and the Ministry of the Interior, the newspaper writes.

Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) will meet colleagues from the three neighboring countries on Monday to discuss the issue.

Within the Schengen area, countries must notify the EU of decisions on border controls. Currently, Germany only has fixed controls at the border between Bavaria and Austria. They were introduced in 2015 and have since been extended every six months.

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