Poland introduces border controls to Germany from Monday: What does that mean?

Poland introduces border controls to Germany from Monday: What does that mean?

At the beginning of the week, the signs on the border between Poland and Germany are at control. From Monday, July 3, 2025, Poland temporarily introduces stricter controls on the border with Germany, as the Polish Ministry of the Interior has ordered. Similar checks are also introduced on the border with Lithuania, which marks the return to national border controls in the Schengen area. Usually no inpatient people are required at internal limits like this, but the current situation has made other measures necessary. Radio Köln reports of these decisions that the Polish head of government Donald Tusk announced after a cabinet meeting in Warsaw.

The background of this decision is obvious: Germany has introduced random checks on its border with Poland since October 2023 to combat irregular migration. These last measures are also a reaction to the more intensive border controls arranged by Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), which include the rejection of asylum seekers. However, it remains unclear to what extent these practices are still legally durable after the controversial rush decision of the Berlin Administrative Court, which considered the rejection of asylum seekers without clarifying the responsible EU state. Today] (https://www.zdfheute.de/politia/ausland/polen-kontrollen-reis-deutschland-100.html) illuminates the legal tensions that this situation entails.

political tensions and pressure

in Poland, the topic of rejections from Germany is of great explosiveness. Tusk is exposed to the pressure of the right -wing conservative opposition party PIS, who sharply criticizes German practice under the leadership of Jaroslaw Kaczynski. These tensions have led to the fact that ultra -right groups in Poland have created themselves organized patrols to Germany. These patrols request passers -by and keep people who seem suspicious to them. Tusk has convicted the procedure of these self -proclaimed border patrols as shameful and tried to distance himself from their actions. Radio Köln reports of this politically charged climate.

The situation will remain tense, especially with regard to new EU regulations that aim to make the asylum procedures more efficient. As can be seen from the new border procedure of the EU Parliament, asylum applications will be checked faster in the future, with clear deadlines for rejecting rejected applicants. These procedures are intended to ensure that applications are treated quickly and fairly, which is currently not the focus at the moment because the concerns about security and order dominate. [European Parliament] (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/de/article/201706278419/bekaBrag-der-irregular-migration-Besser-eu-border protection) describes the regulatory efforts of additional checks in a difficult context.

The coming days will show how these developments will affect the border situation and the life of the people on the Elbe. One thing is certain: the situation remains exciting and harbors numerous questions for citizens and governments.