Poland has rejected the proposal by German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) to organize joint controls at the German-Polish border. "I don't think it's a good idea at the moment to carry out these checks together, as we have to deal with the problem of illegal immigration here at the border," said Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak in an interview with the news agencies dpa, PAP, AFP and BNS. After all, the German government did not propose joint controls to Poland in 2023 when it unilaterally introduced them.
Polish border guards have been checking travelers at 52 border crossings since midnight. The center-left government in Warsaw ordered this in response to German border controls. Germany has been carrying out random checks at the border with Poland since October 2023 to stop irregular migration. Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) ordered more intensive border controls shortly after the new federal government took office in May. At the same time, he ordered that asylum seekers could be turned back at the border.
