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.

BERLIN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Germany has extended temporary border controls for six months and informed the European Union, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday as he tries to show his ...

FILE - German police officers stand at a bridge over the river Rhine at the border between Germany and France in Kehl, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) 37,094 ...

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.

BERLIN — Germany's outgoing government on Wednesday extended by six months the border checks it imposed on all its frontiers last fall as it attempts to cut the number of migrants arriving in ...