The headline is disingenuous. The border controls with Germany are a response to German police literally pushing illegal migrants into Poland.
From ABC News, July 7:
Poland reinstated border controls on Monday with neighboring Germany and Lithuania following similar German restrictions imposed earlier this year aimed at discouraging asylum-seekers.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, whose government recently survived a confidence vote in parliament, announced the restrictions last week. Pressure has been mounting after far-right groups in Poland have alleged Germany was transporting migrants into Polish territory after they reached Western Europe.
The reinstated controls, which began overnight Sunday, will last for an initial period of 30 days, though authorities have not ruled out extending them, according to the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration.
“Illegal migration is simply a crime,” Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said Sunday during a news conference.
The Polish border with Lithuania, which stretches 104 kilometers (65 miles), will see checks in 13 locations. Poland’s border with Germany, 467 kilometers (290 miles) long, will have controls at 52 crossing points....
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Another of the responses:
BREAKING:
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) July 7, 2025
Polish farmers
Start driving their tractors toward the Polish-German border near Szczecin to help the Citizens’ Patrol Movement.
The will help them patrol the border and stop the German police from pushing illegal migrants across the border into Poland. pic.twitter.com/NhLkyVdp97
And at the Washington Post, July 5:
Escalating German-Polish border dispute hampers Europe’s free movementWhat the Germans are doing is very similar to what Belarus did in 2021 - 2023:
- Baghdad to Begin Evacuating Citizens From Belarus to the Safety of Iraq
- "Poland says Belarus has changed tactics on migrant crisis"
- Poland Moves Troops To Border With Belarus
And many more.
