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Poland, Germany Deepen Row over Asylum Seekers as Vigilantes Patrol Border
- Jaroslaw Kaczynski and the Polish president criticized the Polish government for its handling of a migrant crisis, calling it a weak response to the situation at the German border.
- Poland began temporary border checks with Germany, set to last 30 days, to address increased illegal crossings.
- The Polish government accused vigilantes of disrupting border operations and spreading misinformation about a migrant influx.
- Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak stated that the numbers of illegal migrants are significantly lower than in previous years, disputing claims of a migrant crisis.
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Citizen's Armed Forces at Border: "Poland Is in a Special Situation Where Two Phenomena Play a Role"
Right-wing extremists in Poland want to continue their autonomous patrols at the border with Germany despite the controls of the Polish border guard. Heiko Teggatz from the Federal Police Union explains the situation in the border area at WORLD TV.
On X, a video of a Polish citizen patrol showing a German police van on a forest road in Poland is shared. Apparently, in order to unload illegal migrants in the eastern neighbour country on this route. What does a German police van have to look for somewhere in the West Polish forests? Given that in the eastern neighbour country the resentment about the return of illegal migrants, which are brought back under the Dublin 2 agreements, one can as…
Even before the new border controls, right-wing armed forces in Poland organize themselves into autonomous patrols on the border with Germany - in search of migrants. Since today, the border guard controls officially. However, the ultra-rights doubt whether this is more than a "PR gag".
They are groups of men with reflective vests, armed with sticks and swarming in the thick of the forests of Lusace and Lower Silesia. They practice a kind of human hunting, in search of alleged illegal immigrants on the border between Poland and Germany. Their leader is Robert Bakiewicz, head of the Polish Border Defence Movement (ROG). Around this nationalist figure and encouraged by the systematic border controls established by the new German …
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