Poland Criticizes Germany’s Tightened Border Controls With EU Countries

The prime minster of Poland, which is struggling with its Belarus border, said the focus of tackling illegal immigration should be the EU’s external frontiers.

Officers of the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) stop a van during a patrol near the border with Poland, near Forst, eastern Germany, on Oct. 11, 2023. Jens Schlueter/AFP via Getty Images

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk criticized Germany’s move to toughen its land border controls.

Tusk argued on Sept. 10 that the issue should instead be dealt with at the European level and called for urgent consultations with other affected countries and more support for Warsaw’s own immigration policies.