Migration: Poland extends border controls until spring
Since last summer, Poland's border guard has been in control at the common border with Germany. Now, the controls are to remain in place until next March.
Poland is extending temporary border controls with Germany and Lithuania. The controls, initially set to end on October 2, will now remain in place until March 30 next year. The decision was made due to the continued active migration route through Belarus and the Baltic states. Poland's interior ministry stated that it may lift the controls early if the situation at the border improves.
The move is linked to accusations that Belarusian leader Alexander Lukaschenko is bringing migrants to the EU's external border to exert pressure on the West.
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