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 ...

Polish border guards check a vehicle at the Stadtbrücke border crossing between Frankfurt (Oder) in Brandenburg and Slubice in Poland. Poland has introduced temporary controls at the border with ...

For years, people living near the German-Polish frontier took the open border for granted in their daily lives. With the re-introduction of border checks, all that is changing. The bridge that ...