The bridge that connects the German city of Frankfurt an der Oder and the Polish city of Slubice is quite a strange sight these days. Rows of EU flags have been hoisted on it and on either side of it.

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 ...

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 ...

Germany’s new government imposed border checks to demonstrate toughness on migration, though crossings started slowing years ago. By Jim Tankersley and Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from the twin ...

A Berlin court ruled that officials must investigate the claims of those arriving from neighboring E.U. countries, dealing a blow to the government’s attempt to reduce land migration. By Christopher F ...

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 ...