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Poland reinstates border controls with Germany and Lithuania to discourage asylum-seekers
- Poland temporarily reintroduced border controls with Germany and Lithuania at midnight Sunday, citing the need to control "illegal immigration".
- Poland's Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said the decision was made to combat "illegal immigration" and insisted that Poles and other EU nationals would not face inconvenience.
- Germany reintroduced temporary border checks with Poland in November 2023 and is now refusing entry to migrants heading to Germany to request asylum or obtain another type of status, according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
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Poland introduced border controls with Germany and Lithuania in an attempt to respond to the growing concerns of illegal migration across the country, which, according to Warsaw, is inspired by Russia and Belarus, writes...
Poland reintroduces temporary border controls with Germany and Lithuania borders
Poland officially reintroduced temporary border controls on Monday along its borders with Germany and Lithuania, as part of a more restrictive border policy towards migrants. Polish Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Tomasz Siemoniak confirmed that the Polish Border Guard will conduct border checks at 16 points along the Polish-German border and three points along the border with Lithuania. While reaffirming its commitment to free m…
Poland Restores Border Checks on German Border
Poland temporarily reintroduced border controls with Germany and Lithuania at midnight on Sunday, saying they are needed to control illegal immigration. The issue was central to June’s presidential election, where nationalist Karol Nawrocki—who ran on the slogan “Poland first, Poles first”—narrowly defeated the candidate backed by liberal prime minister Donald Tusk. Interior minister Tomasz Siemoniak said the decision was taken purely to combat…
Germany has been controlling its borders with Poland since October 2023. The neighbour has now moved on to the same level. At a total of 52 crossings, vehicles from Germany will be stopped at random from today's Monday according to the border guard.The focus here is mainly on buses, minibuses and cars with many occupants. However, vehicles with tinted disks will also be examined more closely.The controls are to last until 5 August.Extension of t…
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