German lawmakers have approved new measures to improve domestic security and get tougher on immigration. They come in response to several suspected Islamist attacks, and mounting support for anti-migrant policies. The new laws, presented by the ruling coalition parties, include a general ban on knives at public events, and restrictions on benefits for asylum seekers who are obliged to leave the E-U. But a proposal to expand police powers and allow the use of facial recognition technology failed to pass Germany’s upper house.
DW Political Correspondent Simon Young reports on the contents of the bill.
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