New German government plans to boost border controls to curb migration

Leader of the Christian Democrats Friedrich Merz, centre, Alexander Dobrindt of the Christian Social Union left, and CDU faction leader Thorsten Frei, right (Markus Schreiber/AP)

Germany’s new government plans to station more police at the border to curb illegal migration and even turn away some of the asylum seekers trying to enter Europe’s biggest economy, the new interior minister said on Wednesday.

Alexander Dobrindt told reporters in Berlin that police at the border would be increased in coming days.