Polish and German Interior Ministers to meet on the Poland-Belarus border

The interior ministers of Poland and Germany will visit the Polish-Belarusian border on Monday around noon. Minister Siemoniak invited his German counterpart Dobrindt to visit the currently closed Połowce-Pieszczatka border crossing in the north-eastern Podlasie region.

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Poland's Tomasz Siemoniak and Germany's Alexander Dobrindt will hold a joint press conference to discuss the border situation, including the temporary controls Poland has introduced on its borders with Lithuania and Germany.

Kontrole na granicy z Litwą❗️🇱🇹

Funkcjonariusze #PodlaskiOddziałSG prowadzą kontrole w związku z przywróceniem kontroli granicznej. Działania mają na celu zapewnienie bezpieczeństwa🇵🇱❗️.

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— Straż Graniczna (@Straz_Graniczna) July 18, 2025

The idea for the visit appeared last Friday - when Minister Tomasz Siemoniak was in Bavaria at German Interior Ministry's conference on illegal migration. On the occasion Alexander Dobrindt praised Poland for introducing controls and effective enforcement measures.

🛂 Dwa tygodnie tymczasowych kontroli na granicach z Niemcami i Litwą.

🚨 Do tej pory (od 7 do 19 lipca) na obu granicach skontrolowano ponad 227 tysięcy osób i 106 tysięcy pojazdów.❗

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— MSWiA 🇵🇱 (@MSWiA_GOV_PL) July 20, 2025

Polish authorities introduced temporary border controls on the borders with Germany and Lithuania on July 7. The Border Guard is conducting random inspections at 65 border crossings. So far, over 227,000 people and 106,000 vehicles have been checked.

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Source: IAR, PAP