PoliticsGermanyGermany ramps up border checks04:12This browser does not support the video element.PoliticsGermanyFerenc Gaál05/23/2025May 23, 2025The German government plans to intensify border controls in an effort to slow the influx of illegal migrants — a key campaign promise of newly elected Chancellor Friedrich Merz. But how do people living in border regions feel about the move?Copy linkAdvertisement