Poland announces border controls to Germany - effects for travelers!
Poland announces border controls to Germany - effects for travelers!
Warschau, Polen - Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced today to introduce partial border controls on the Polish-German border from summer. This decision was made during a government survey in the parliament in Warsaw. The background for this measure are the increased border controls and the rejections of asylum seekers on the part of Germany, which have caused significant concerns. "We want to avoid problems for hundreds of thousands of people in the Silesia region to Stettin," said Tusk, while at the same time pointing out that vacationers on the Polish Baltic Sea coast could also be affected by these controls. Many Poles use Berlin-Brandenburg Airport for trips, which could increase the effects.
Andreas Roßkopf, chairman of the police union (GdP), expresses his concerns about the consequences of the controls, especially for commuters and goods traffic. He also warns of a "ping pong game", in which unwanted people are sent back and forth between Poland and Germany. Knut Abraham, Poland coordinator of the Federal Government, underlines the need for the border controls to be designed so that they do not block the grown interweaving rooms. He also calls for a common European solution instead of controls along the internal borders.
German border policy in focus
Current situation at the borders
Since September 16, 2024, random controls have been in the case of all German land borders, which are intended to contain undesirable migration and crime. The federal police are responsible for the implementation of these temporally and spatially flexible controls. Travelers are advised to carry an identity document to avoid delays. Further controls have existed on the borders of Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland since October 2023, which have been extended by December 15, 2024.
The federal government justifies the measures with security risks through irregular migration, smuggling and threats from Islamist terrorism as well as cross -border crime. Since October 2023, over 30,000 rejections have been recorded on the German borders. However, migration researchers warn that inpatient border controls could question the Schengen area. While no significant delays in the border crossings were found in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, there are often long waiting times in Bavaria.
The economy also expresses concern about the possible effects of border controls on goods and travel. Outside the problem of migration, it is emphasized that necessary deliveries and cross -border trade must work smoothly in order not to endanger the economic interdependencies in the EU.
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