Poland will temporarily reinstate border controls with Germany and Lithuania. Prime Minister Donald Tusk made the announcement on Tuesday, after Germany announced stricter migration policies under Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland will introduce temporary controls along borders with Germany and Lithuania on July 7, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday, echoing several other European Union countries in reimposing frontier checks to stem illegal migration.

We have informed the German side that if questionable cases continue, we may be forced to restore controls on the Polish-German border,' says Polish prime minister

Poland will introduce temporary controls along borders with Germany and Lithuania on July 7, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday, echoing several other European Union countries in reimposing frontier checks to stem illegal migration.

Temporary Polish border controls along the country's frontier to Germany are to remain in place until August 5, according to a draft regulation published by the Interior Ministry in Warsaw on Wednesday.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday defended his administration's policy on border controls amid growing criticism from neighbouring countries. "We must at this time keep border controls, because the protection of the external European borders is not sufficiently guaranteed,