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Migration will be top on the agenda of the meeting of EU interior minister in Brussels on Thursday (Photo: Ingeborg Eliassen/Investigate Europe)

Germany tightens police checks on Czech and Polish border

Germany on Wednesday (27 September) announced an increase in police checks on its border with Poland and the Czech Republic — in a bid to respond to irregular migration along smuggling routes.

"We want to prevent evasive movements of smugglers through flexible and mobile controls at changing locations," German interior minister Nancy Faeser from the Social Democratic party said. "We must stop the cruel business of smugglers who put human lives at risk for maximum profit."

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

Migration will be top on the agenda of the meeting of EU interior minister in Brussels on Thursday (Photo: Ingeborg Eliassen/Investigate Europe)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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