Poland announced that it will implement temporary border checks with Germany and Lithuania beginning July 7 to counter irregular migration, as stated by Prime Minister Donald Tusk. These measures aim to address the uncontrolled migration flowing back and forth across the borders due to tensions with Germany. Tusk acknowledged the impact on freedom of movement but stressed the necessity of these checks. He also highlighted a change in Germany's border practices regarding asylum seekers and affirmed Poland's commitment to a borderless Europe while calling for mutual cooperation.
"We consider the temporary restoration of controls at the Polish-German border necessary to limit and reduce to a minimum the uncontrolled flows of migrants back and forth," Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters.
"The practice at the Polish-German border has clearly changed. The German side is now actually refusing to authorise the entry of migrants heading to Germany to request asylum or obtain another type of status," Tusk said.
"We have defended Schengen and we will remain supporters of a Europe without borders and restrictions but there has to be a shared and symmetrical will from our neighbours," Tusk said.
Tusk also said that the re-introduction of checks on the border with Lithuania was necessary to stop migrants crossing over from Belarus.
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