Bericht: Polen, um die Grenzkontrollen mit Deutschland und Litauen auszudehnen

Poland plans to maintain its temporary checks at the border with Germany until October 4, according to the PAP news agency.

The agency reported on Wednesday that the extension was part of a draft regulation from the Interior Ministry in Warsaw, although a final decision has not yet been taken by the government.

Checks are also to remain in place at the border with Lithuania until the beginning of October.

Poland's centre-left government introduced border controls on July 7 in response to German checks aimed at stopping irregular migration.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk made the end of the border controls dependent on possible movement by the German government on the issue.

Germany has been carrying out random checks at the border with Poland since October 2023, and toughened them up further after after the new government took office in May.

The Interior Ministry in Berlin also issued an order saying that asylum seekers could be turned back at the border.

The government in Warsaw has been under pressure from right-wing vigilante groups who patrol near the border and search for illegal migrants.

They accuse the German government of deporting migrants who never set foot in Poland.