00:00Germany's government says it is implementing temporary controls at all of the country's
00:06land borders in an attempt to tackle irregular migration and protect the public.
00:11The controls are set to begin on September 16 and last for six months.
00:16Nancy Faeser is the country's interior minister.
00:21I have ordered this today and have already informed the EU.
00:24This will serve to further limit irregular migration and protect against the acute dangers
00:29posed by Islamist terror and serious crime.
00:33We are doing everything we can to better protect the people in our country against this.
00:40This includes the far-reaching measures I am taking now.
00:45Germany has hardened its stance on migration in recent years.
00:48And the government is scrambling to retake the initiative after support for the far-right
00:52Alternative for Germany, or AFD, has surged over the issue.
00:59And deadly knife attacks, where the suspects were asylum seekers, have stoked concerns
01:03over immigration.
01:04The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a knife attack that killed three people
01:09in August.
01:10The announcement comes after the AFD became the first far-right party since World War
01:14II to win a state election earlier this month.
01:18And two weeks ahead of an election in Brandenburg, where Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Faeser's
01:23center-left Social Democrats are fighting to retain control of the government.
01:28Germany shares its more than 2,300-mile land border with Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium,
01:33Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Poland.
