Poland: Checks at the border with Germany from Monday

Ultra right-wingers in Poland organize self-appointed border patrols

The German government is sticking to this practice even after an urgent decision by the Berlin Administrative Court. The court had ruled that the rejection of three Somalis during a border check at Frankfurt (Oder) station on 9 May was unlawful. Without clarification as to which EU state was responsible for the asylum application of those affected, they should not be turned away. However, the Federal Ministry of the Interior under Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) considers this to be a case-by-case decision. The three people concerned were sent back to Poland.

In Poland, deportations from the neighboring country to the west are a hot topic. Tusk's center-left government is under pressure from the right-wing conservative opposition party PiS. "Germany regularly pushes illegal migrants to our side. The state has abdicated, and chaos and impunity are increasing by the day," wrote PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski on Monday on X.

Meanwhile, ultra-right-wingers from the "Movement for the Defence of Borders" are organizing self-appointed patrols at border crossings with Germany. They boast on social media that they stop suspicious-looking people and demand their papers. Tusk criticized this approach as disgraceful.