For 9 months, the western section of the state border with Germany has been subject to temporary border controls. – The officers of the Nadodrzański Border Guard Unit, supported by the police, Military Gendarmerie, Territorial Defence Forces and other services, are responsible for carrying them out – reports Capt. Border Guard Paweł Biskupik, press spokesperson for the Commander of the Nadodrzański Border Guard Unit. – Officers delegated from other Border Guard units also take part in the operations.
In Lubuskie and Lower Silesia, where passenger and transit traffic is among the most intensive in Poland, as many as 775,000 people and more than 360,000 vehicles were checked.
The results?
The operations resulted, among other things, in entry being refused to Poland for nearly 500 foreigners who did not meet the entry requirements. The spokesperson said: – The most common reason was the lack of required documents. These individuals included citizens of countries outside the European Union, including Ukraine, Turkey, Russia and Syria.
What is the situation with migrants?
Officers of the Nadodrzański Border Guard Unit also prevented migrants from making illegal attempts to cross the border towards Germany. More than 230 such people were detained. The group was dominated by foreigners from Afghanistan, Somalia and Uzbekistan.
Other violations of the law were also uncovered. Since the temporary border controls began, 180 people have been detained, including individuals wanted by Polish law enforcement authorities and people suspected of criminal offences such as vehicle theft, document forgery and goods smuggling. The value of the goods seized so far has been estimated at more than PLN 2.6 million.
Border Guard Captain P. Biskupik concludes:
The controls being carried out confirm that cooperation between the services and the presence of officers and soldiers on the Polish-German border significantly improve the level of public safety.