Warsaw may introduce checks on border with Lithuania, PM says
The Polish government is considering measures, including border checks, to stem the inflow of illegal migrants through Lithuania, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said.
Tusk said at a press conference on Monday that the government had invested "a lot of effort, money, sweat and, unfortunately, some blood, to make the eastern border with Belarus air-tight."
He said "measures will be taken so that people who cross borders illegally do not come from the Lithuanian direction."
Tusk made the announcement in the context of the Polish-German border, where Poland may also introduce checks.
"We have informed the German side that if there are cases that we see as doubtful, we'll have to reinstate checks at the Polish-German border," Tusk said, referring to reports that Germany may be sending illegal migrants to Poland.
Such reports have spurred some right-wing groups in Poland to organise the so-called Civic Guard units, which 'patrol' the border crossings with Germany looking for attempts to enter Poland by illegal migrants. (PAP) jd/mf
