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Poland Extends Border Checks with Lithuania, Germany
POLAND, JUL 23 – Poland faces over 30,000 attempted illegal crossings in 2024, citing Belarus-backed smuggling and Germany's migrant pushbacks as reasons to extend border controls.
- On July 7, Poland imposed border controls with Germany and Lithuania, authorizing them under Schengen Borders Code articles 25-28 and closing all 52 crossings with Germany and 13 with Lithuania.
- Since early 2025, more than 4,600 crossed despite controls, and far-right and conservative parties mobilized protests over German pushbacks.
- Frontex reported a roughly 192% surge in crossings along the eastern corridor, and the EU Commission allocated €52 million to bolster Poland’s border defenses.
- Berlin authorities bluntly advised migrants, `keep your migrants to yourself`, while over 7,900 migrants have been returned to Poland and a 'repatriation terminal' is planned at Munich Airport.
- Controls are due to expire next month, with Ursula von der Leyen warning `This is not a migration crisis…` and Poland accusing Germany of flouting Dublin regulations.
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130,000 German drivers have already been stopped: Poland has now announced to extend its controls at the borders with Germany.
The Polish response to German border controls was initially limited to 30 days. However, Poland's Interior Minister Siemoniak expects the measure to be extended.
Poland to keep border checks with Germany, Lithuania
Poland plans to extend the checks at its borders with Germany and Lithuania, Cabinet member Tomasz Siemoniak said on Thursday, reported dpa. Under the rules of the Schengen area, the border checks - which began on July 7 - should expire after an initial 30 days, he told TVN24 television. "They will certainly be extended," he added. Siemoniak has been interior minister since May 2024 but is being replaced by Marcin Kierwiński as part of a major C…
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