The new measures mean border checks are in place for all of Germany's nine land borders.
Germany has begun a new border crackdown following two knife attacks attributed to migrants.On Monday, Germany began random checks at it borders with five Western European nations expanding a system of controls that are already in place at four other borders.Last month, a knife attack in Solingen killed three people and in June, a knife attack left a police officer dead and four other people wounded.
The border controls are controversial, because Germany is part of the EU's free travel arrangement known as Schengen.Some neighboring countries have expressed their dismay at the move, which German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser says will deter 'immediate threats of Islamist terrorism and serious crime.'Earlier this week, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk denounced it as 'unacceptable.
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