A court ruling that Germany could not simply return to Poland three asylum seekers who entered the country in May dealt a blow to the signature migration policy of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's new government: turning illegal migrants back at the borders.

Ruling could undermine central part of Friedrich Merz’s plan to cut immigration but government says it will stay the course

STORY: Germany has acted unlawfully by turning away asylum seekers at the border.That’s the ruling from a Berlin court on Monday, citing a case in which border police expelled three Somalis who tried to enter the country from Poland.