[1/2] A suspected illegal migrant is searched after he was detained by German police during their patrol along the German-Polish border to prevent illegal migration, in Forst, Germany, September 20, 2023.
In August, registered illegal border crossings to Germany reached 14,701, up 66% on the same month last year, police data shows.
Czech police have increased random checks on the Slovak border as well as on highways to Germany, Czech police president Martin Vondrasek said.
LAMPEDUSA CRISISAs well as the increase in illegal border crossings, Germany has also taken in around 1 million Ukrainian refugees over the past year.
Previously, there have been random police checks on the borders and Germany has maintained stationary controls on the Bavarian border with Austria since 2015.
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