Have the article read by OpenAI (Beta). Please note that AI translations may take some time to process.Berlin (dpa) – The checks at all German land borders will go into effect on September 16 and are initially expected to remain in place for six months, sources said. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has informed the European Commission of the plans, according to dpa sources.
The border checks are intended both to limit irregular migration as well as address threats from Islamist terrorist groups and cross-border criminal organizations, according to the sources.
Long-standing debates over how to handle migrants seeking asylum in Germany have intensified in recent weeks after a deadly knife attack earlier this month in the western German city of Solingen.
The suspected attacker, a Syrian citizen, had evaded an order to be deported from Germany to Bulgaria, where he first entered the European Union.
All of Germany’s neighbours are fellow members of the Schengen Zone, which is normally supposed to allow control-free travel across all countries within its area of free movement.
In October 2023, Germany has already resumed some border controls along its frontiers with Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Poland to deter the movement of migrants into Germany.
Those border checks are officially on a temporary basis but have been repeatedly extended by the German federal government. Similar controls on the border with Austria have been temporarily in place since September 2015. (10 September)
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