Migration: Polen verlängert Grenzkontrollen bis zum Frühjahr
Seit dem vergangenen Sommer kontrolliert Polens Grenzschutz an der gemeinsamen Grenze mit Deutschland. Nun sollen die Kontrollen bis zum kommenden März bleiben.
Warsaw, Poland has once again extended temporary border controls to Germany, informing the EU Commission that these checks should remain in place until March 30th of next year, according to a spokesperson from Brussels. The checks along the border with Lithuania, Poland's eastern neighbor, are also set to be prolonged. The Polish Interior Ministry announced this decision on X, stating that it planned the extension.
The reasoning behind this move is that the migration route via Belarus and the Baltic states continues to be heavily utilized. Poland has not ruled out an early end to the controls if the situation on the border improves. The EU accuses Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko of organized smuggling of migrants from crisis regions to the EU's exterior borders to exert pressure on the West.
Many of these migrants aim to continue their journey from Poland to Germany. Poland introduced border controls in July 2025 in response to German measures. The government in Warsaw had linked the possible end of this measure to decisions by the federal government. Germany has been conducting random border checks with Poland since October 2023 to prevent irregular migration.
Federal Interior Minister Dobrindt had intensified border controls shortly after the new federal government took office in May, allowing the rejection of asylum seekers at the border.
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