Germany tightens controls at all borders
By JULIAN SHEA in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-09-11 09:13 German police conduct random checks at border with Austria, soon to be introduced at all land frontiers in Kiefersfelden, Germany, Sept 10, 2024. Germany's government has announced a new six-month tightening of border checks will come in from the start of next week, in the aftermath of an attack in the town of Solingen in August that left three people dead, for which the Islamic State terror group claimed responsibility. An increase in first-time asylum requests last year meant that Germany had already imposed some level of checks at the frontiers with Austria, Czech Republic, Poland and Switzerland, but these are now being extended nationwide. Members of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government have already held talks with center-right opposition groups about a new approach to the issue of migration in the aftermath of the Solingen attacks, and Friedrich Merz, leader of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, said migration in general needed to be tightened up.
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