Poland has deployed 700 troops to its western border and is prepared to send up to 5,000 more guards to stop illegal migrant flows from Germany and Lithuania, officials have announced.
”We are strengthening security – decisively responding to migration threats”, Poland’s Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz posted on X, Monday, emphasizing the military’s role in the security effort. Last week the Polish government announced the reintroduction of border checks to maintain controls through at least August 5.
Poland has accused Germany, which imposed similar controls in late 2023, of sending asylum seekers back across its border. Local Polish community groups have responded with so-called “citizen patrols” to prevent eastbound migrant movement, adding political pressure on the government to act.
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