Refugee crisis: Germany 'set to close borders and suspend Schengen'

Emergency measures also include sending extra police to Bavaria and allowing entry to Germany only with a valid passport, say reports Germany is to reintroduce border controls and will exit temporarily from the Schengen system, according to media reports, after the country's regions said they could no longer cope with the overwhelming number of refugees arriving from Austria. According to Der Spiegel, the interior minister, Thomas de Maizière, is poised to announce new restrictive measures at a...