Overview

• Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak confirmed that Warsaw will prolong its spot checks past the initial 30-day window allowed under Schengen rules.
• Since July 7, Polish Border Guard units have inspected about 280,000 people and 134,200 vehicles, refusing entry to 100 individuals.
• The government’s decision follows pressure from right-wing citizen militias that have independently patrolled frontier crossings.
• Poland alleges that Russia and Belarus transport migrants to its borders with visas and coach them on how to breach security.
• The Schengen Agreement permits repeated extensions of internal controls when authorities deem public security at risk, a clause Poland is now invoking.