Germany to introduce stationary border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic? The position of the head of the Ministry of the Interior

According to the German minister, the temporary reintroduction of internal border controls “always has the character of an ultima ratio (of last resort).” According to the federal Interior Ministry, the temporary reintroduction of border controls with Poland and Czechs is not currently being considered. Such a measure would be one of the last possible responses.

According to data from the Ministry of the Interior, the number of people entering illegally on the Polish-German border fluctuates and has been higher since the end of February than on the border with Germany. Austria. At the German-Czech border, the number of illegal entries has sharply decreased since its peak in September 2022.

“I do not understand the fact that the Federal Minister of the Interior does not see this situation on the border with Poland,” Brandenburg Interior Minister Michael Stuebgen said in a statement on Tuesday. Day after day, the federal police detain dozens of illegal immigrants. “Many of them are deliberately trafficked by the Russian regime through Belarus and Poland in order to destabilize our country,” he noted. He stated that “the last word on this matter has not yet been said.”

The head of the Ministry of the Interior of Brandenburg said a few days ago that he hoped to introduce temporary border controls quickly, if possible, at the beginning of June. Together with his Saxon counterpart Armin Schuster, he wrote to Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, demanding the introduction of stationary checks at the borders with Poland and the Czech Republic in order to limit the unauthorized entry of refugees.