US EditionPoland to Reinstate Temporary Checks at German and Lithuanian Borders
- Poland will temporarily reinstate border controls with Germany and Lithuania, as announced by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
- This decision follows Germany's tougher migration policy aimed at discouraging asylum-seekers.
- Tusk criticized Germany’s actions, stating they are 'unacceptable' and restrict migrant entry.
- The decision aligns with EU regulations that permit reintroducing border controls for significant threats, such as internal security.
- These temporary measures are set to take effect on Monday, as reported by the Polish news agency PAP.
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The Border Guard will check those cars that raise suspicions, announced on Tuesday in "Fakty po Faktach" the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Tomasz Siemoniak (KO). He added that the guards received an order from the Prime Minister to make the checks on the borders with Germany and Lithuania as inconvenient as possible.
Poland eyes border checks with Lithuania amid migrant pressure, but Vilnius left in the dark
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on June 30 that his government is considering reintroducing border controls with Lithuania in response to increased concerns about irregular migration.
The anger about the German border controls is boiled up in the eastern neighbour country. Now Poland reacts with its own controls. How long they remain should depend on the action of the federal government.
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