German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has ordered asylum seekers to be turned away at the border. A move that is legally and politically controversial. The new Interior Minister Alexander ...

German police on Thursday stepped up border checks, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz's new administration sought to project a tough line on irregular immigration - prompting concerns from Germany's ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...