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Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has announced that border controls with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland will be extended beyond December 15 for at least two months. “Our measures are working. Our fight against the unscrupulous business of people smugglers, who brutally jeopardize human lives, is successful,” Faeser told the German newspaper Rheinische Post, in remarks published Friday. Stationary and mobile checks have had a marked effect since being introduced in October, curbing irregular migration to Germany and relieving the burden on local authorities. On Monday Faeser…

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