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Armed police officers wave cars off the motorway going from Poland to Germany.

They’re searching for people-smugglers and their desperate cargo.

This is the German government’s latest bid to show it is getting a grip on rising levels of irregular migration.

But, as we found in a rural border district, there’s little sense of control.

Altenberg is a small town in Saxony, right by the Czech Republic.

Families race down a toboggan run that weaves through the forest and, when winter’s here, there’s even a small ski resort. READMORE