Poland to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania amid migration concerns

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Poland to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania amid migration concerns  Poland is introducing temporary border controls with Germany and Lithuania, effective Monday, a decision announced by Prime Minister Donald Tusk in response to Germany's handling of the migrant crisis.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/06/poland-set-to-reintroduce-checks-on-borders-with-germany-lithuania-amid-spike-in-illegal-m  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00As Polish checks on the border with Germany and Lithuania restart on Monday,

00:04regional tensions deepen amid an illegal migration crisis.

00:08Warsaw reintroduced the emergency checks along its western and northern borders for 30 days

00:13as per EU laws and regulations, adding that they may be renewed if necessary.

00:1852 sites along Poland's border with Germany and 13 with Lithuania will be subjected to

00:23additional scrutiny and inspections. Over the weekend, Poland's Interior Minister

00:28Tomasz Szimonyak said Warsaw is prepared to scrap its checks if Berlin reciprocates.

00:33He added that Germany had initiated border checks back in October 2023.

00:37Tensions soared over the management of the borders, with Poland saying more than 11,000

00:42migrants were pushed into their country from Germany between January 2024 and February 2025.

00:48German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz says he's willing to work with Warsaw to address the issue.

00:53The increased checks come after the numbers of illegal migrant crossings spiked in what

00:57Germany, Poland and Lithuania say is a move orchestrated by Russia.

01:01They accused the Kremlin of manufacturing a crisis by funneling thousands of migrants into EU territory

01:07via Belarus.

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