Germany has told the European Union of its plans to add fixed checkpoints at the crossings with the Czech Republic, Poland and Switzerland. The new border checks will be implemented within 10 days from next Monday. Germany has also told the EU to expand its existing border controls with Austria, a legacy from the 2015 migrant crisis, when hundreds of thousands of people poured into the country. Germany registered more than 250,2022 asylum applications in the year to September, higher than all in <>. Germany registered over 250,000 asylum applications last year.