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Comprehensive internal border checks tighten national migration controls and partially suspend Schengen free movement.
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Germany extends border controls to all land borders
On 16 September 2024 Germany, under Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, began temporary checks at all of its land borders, extending controls previously limited to selected frontiers. The government cited irregular migration, security concerns and transnational crime, and Faeser linked the move to pressure for tighter EU external-border protection and reform of the Dublin asylum-responsibility rules. The measures, repeatedly prolonged, strained the Schengen principle of passport-free internal travel and drew criticism from neighbouring states.
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On 16 September 2024 Germany, under Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, began temporary checks at all of its land borders, extending controls previously limited to selected frontiers. The government cited irregular migration, security concerns and transnational crime, and Faeser linked the move to pressure for tighter EU external-border protection and reform of the Dublin asylum-responsibility rules. The measures, repeatedly prolonged, strained the Schengen principle of passport-free internal travel and drew criticism from neighbouring states.
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