Germany introduces controls on Czech, Polish borders

Germany has introduced new controls on its borders with Czechia and Poland in a bid to fight human trafficking. The German minister of the interior, Nancy Faeser of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats, officially announced the move on Wednesday.

The minister said the checks would not be static but would be mobile and capable of responding to real-time developments.

She said the new controls had been agreed with the Czech and Polish authorities and therefore did not need to be declared to the European Union.