Germany has reintroduced checks on all nine of its land borders in a move that has angered a number of its neighbours – but brought praise from the far right.The new restrictions came into force on Monday in the wake of a string of deadly knife attacks in which the suspects were asylum seekers,

Germany reintroduced temporary controls on its western and northern borders on Monday as part of efforts to combat irregular migration and cross-border crime, the interior ministry said.

Germany has begun random checks at its borders with five Western European nations, expanding a system of controls already in place at its four other borders.