Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended the move, stating it has effectively reduced asylum applications and illegal crossings. View on euronews ...

The country was already controlling its borders with Poland, the Czech Republic ... German police officers stop a bus at the border between Germany and France in Kehl, Germany, Monday, Sept.

BERLIN (AP) — 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 ...