00:00Germany is enforcing checks at all of its borders for at least six months.
00:08Berlin says it needs to curb irregular migration amid a strained asylum system.
00:15Several other countries in the open border Schengen area are doing the same,
00:21particularly in Central and Northern Europe.
00:25Neighbouring Austria has beefed up security at its borders with Hungary, Slovenia and the Czech Republic.
00:33Denmark and Norway tightened controls in their ports connected to Schengen.
00:39Elsewhere in Scandinavia, Sweden is now also carrying out checks on all of its borders.
00:48This trend is driven by the increasingly tense geopolitical scenario and related terrorist threats and hate crimes,
00:55as well as by security for major sporting events that recently took place,
01:00like Euro 2024, the Olympics and the Paralympics.
01:05They prompted France and Slovenia to reinforce their border security in the summer and autumn.
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