Since reintroducing border controls with Poland in 2023, Germany has been turning back thousands of migrants who illegally cross the border.

Since reintroducing border controls with Poland in 2023, Germany has been turning back thousands of migrants who illegally cross the border.
There has been only one such incident in the last six months.
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A Polish army general has also defended the soldiers’ actions.
Morawiecki warned that alongside the migration emergency, a military buildup and energy crisis were becoming growing risks for Europe.
Tensions flared up on the border as migrants threw stones towards Polish troops.
The collector’s items will be issued in an “expedited” and “extraordinary” procedure.
Journalists are expected to be allowed into the border area with permission.
The deployment comes as Belarusian and Russian paratroopers hold joint drills today.
Charles Michel met with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, who described Belarus’s actions at the border as “state terrorism”.
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An unprecedented crisis is unfolding, yet journalists cannot visit the area.
The “modus operandi of those attacking” has changed, said Poland’s defence minister.
“Regardless of the circumstances of the migrants’ arrival, they need our spiritual and material support,” says the head of the episcopate.
A number of countries, including the US, have condemned Belarus.
Poland’s government warned of attempts by Minsk to provoke a “major incident”.