The reintroduction of border controls has drawn mixed reactions from Germany's neighbors. "From a Polish perspective, this kind of action is unacceptable," Prime Minister Donald Tusk explained. He said, "The internal political situation in Germany is the reason for this action, not our policy on illegal migration at our borders."
Austria's Interior Minister Gerhard Karner, whose country also shares a border with Germany, told reporters that Austria will not take back migrants turned away by German authorities at the Austria-Germany border, the Associated Press reports.
In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, leader of the country's Freedom Party, told the Dutch parliament that his country should follow Germany's example,
– as highlighted by Dutch broadcaster NOS.
It is not right for the European Union (EU) to condemn Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for opposing Brussels' migration policy while condoning the introduction of German border controls, Polish MEP Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz said yesterday. On Wednesday, Mr. Sienkiewicz, who represents the Civic Platform in the European Parliament and the Polish government coalition, proposed on behalf of the Polish delegation at a meeting of the EPP Group that an extraordinary session of the EP's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs be convened to discuss the introduction of German border controls.
Cover photo: A group of migrants wait by the roadside near the border between Forst, in eastern Germany, and Poland, on October 11, 2023 (Photo: AFP/Jens Schlueter)
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