Migration Fears Turn Europe’s Borderless Dreams Into Traffic Nightmares

Germany’s new government imposed border checks to demonstrate toughness on migration, though crossings started slowing years ago.

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German Border Police Barred From Rejecting Asylum Seekers Arriving From E.U. Nations Without Review

A Berlin court ruled that officials must investigate the claims of those arriving from neighboring E.U. counties, dealing a blow to the government’s attempt to reduce land migration.

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Italian Judges Block Meloni’s Plan to Hold Asylum Seekers in Albania

It was the third ruling against the policy of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government by a court, which ruled against the transfers pending a review next month by an E.U. court.

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German Opposition Gambles With Far-Right on Immigration, and Loses

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to toughen rules on immigration. It did not pay off.

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‘Firewall’ Around the Far Right Wobbles in Germany

Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly with votes from the Alternative for Germany.

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Syrian Refugees in Germany Are Glad They Can Visit Home. But Just Visit.

The more than one million Syrians who fled to Germany have celebrated the end of war in their homeland, but some fear it could mean losing their refugee status.

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Europe Begins to Ask if Syrians Can Go Home After al-Assad’s Fall

Nearly a million Syrians in Germany alone have made new lives. But after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, some politicians across the continent have suggested that refugees could return home.

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