By Friederike Heine and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that a court ruling against the expulsion by border police of three Somali asylum seekers could restrict his government's migration crackdown but would not stop it.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has defended his government's efforts to turn away asylum seekers at the country's borders. He faces opposition criticism after a court ruled that the pushbacks were illegal.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday defended his government's effort to turn away asylum seekers at the country's borders, one day after a court blocked the move. The urgent decision by the Berlin Administrative Court was a setback for Merz,