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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has defended the planned expansion of the nation’s border controls as he addressed the public in a citizens’ dialogue on Saturday. “Irregular migration is not what we want,” Scholz told the gathering in Prenzlau, Brandenburg. If, as last year, 300,000 people came to Germany, only some of whom were entitled to protection, “then that is not good,” he said. Therefore, one must look more closely at who has the right to enter, “because unfortunately we cannot completely rely on all our neighbours doing what they should do,” Scholz said. Germany is a member of the Schen…

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