Germany’s opposition leader has vowed to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected as chancellor next month

Following the fatal knife attack in Aschaffenburg in northern Bavaria, the 28-year-old suspect is to be brought before a magistrate on Thursday,

Following the killing of two people in Bavaria by an Afghan refugee, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed his frustration over the recurring occurrence of such horrific events and called for a thorough investigation into the presence of the perpetrator in Germany.

Conservative frontrunner to be country’s next chancellor aims to submit tough migration proposals to MPs next week

A tragic knife attack in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, on Wednesday resulted in the death of a two-year-old child and an adult, with three others injured.

The suspect, a former asylum-seeker who was supposed to be leaving Germany, was arrested after the attack on Wednesday.

Germany's main opposition leader vowed on Thursday to impose immediate border controls if he becomes chancellor, as expected, after elections next month, a day after an Afghan asylum seeker was arrested for a deadly knife attack targeting children.

The conservative opposition leader tipped to lead Germany following next month's elections has promised far-reaching changes to border and asylum rules after a group of children were targeted in a deadly knife attack in Bavaria.

Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has pledged to impose tough border controls if elected chancellor in next month's vote.View on euronews

Germany’s “firewall against the far-Right” could crumble after the frontrunner to win next month’s election said he could work with Alternative for Germany (AfD) to tighten immigration laws.

Election front-runner Friedrich Merz wants stricter migration policies following a deadly stabbing in Aschaffenburg. Some in Germany are surprised at how willing he seems to be to cooperate with the far-right AfD.