An Estonian citizen allegedly transporting migrants who entered the EU illegally via Belarus was detained on the Poland–Lithuania border on Monday by Polish border guards.
Poland introduced additional checks on its borders with Lithuania and Germany on July 7 in response to a growing influx of migrants entering the European Union via Belarus and Latvia. They will be in place until at least August 5.
On Monday morning, the Polish Border Guard posted on X that it had detained an Estonian citizen on the Poland–Lithuania border transporting four Afghan migrants.
Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak told TVN24 that the car was intercepted in the first minutes after the measures were introduced and that this case “proves that controls are necessary”.
“The controls are aimed at combating illegal migration. We need to be very clear in a situation where the German side is not letting in illegal migrants without readmission. There has also been a marked increase in the number of illegal migrants crossing the border into Lithuania, Latvia and then going to Poland,” the minister said, LRT reported.
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