Germany rejects EU request to scrap internal border controls

Ten EU countries currently enforce checks on their internal borders and seven of those say migration is the justification for keeping them in place. #EuropeNews

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04/06/2026 - 19:59 GMT+2

Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt pushed back against an EU request that the country scrap internal border checks, arguing that they remain "necessary."

Speaking as EU interior ministers met in Luxembourg on Thursday to discuss the bloc’s recent migration pact, Dobrindt said his country’s border checks are “working.”

“The significant number of pushback, illegal migration, the seizure of smuggling gangs, all of this shows how effective these border roles are and that is why we want to continue them,” he told journalists.

Germany rejects EU request to scrap internal border controls

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