German minister against permanent border controls with Czechia and Poland

Resuming permanent border controls with Czechia and Poland should be prevented, because it would largely impact local inhabitants, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Tuesday.

She said that together with her Polish and Czech counterparts, she has taken a number of measures to strengthen random checks and so-called "hidden searches" in the border area due to migration.

The conservative opposition, as well as the governments of Saxony and Brandenburg, are calling for permanent checks, following the example of the German-Austrian border, which have been in place since 2015.