Polen erweitert die Grenzkontrollen mit Deutschland bis zum 4. Oktober

Poland will extend temporary border controls with Germany until October 4, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński announced on Sunday, according to the PAP news agency.

The checks, initially set to expire on August 5, had been widely expected to be prolonged.

Poland's centrist government introduced the controls on July 7 in response to ongoing German checks aimed at curbing irregular migration. Prime Minister Donald Tusk has linked the removal of the controls to potential changes in German border policy.

Germany began conducting random checks along the Polish border in October 2023 and intensified them after the conservative government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz took office in May. Berlin has also authorized turning back asylum seekers at the border.

Tusk's government in Warsaw has faced mounting pressure from right-wing vigilante groups patrolling the border area in search of undocumented migrants.