Poland temporarily reintroduced border controls with Germany and Lithuania at midnight Sunday, saying they are needed to control “illegal immigration”. The issue was central to June’s presidential election where nationalist Karol Nawrocki — who ran on a slogan of “Poland first,

Those measures that are not characteristic of the European Union and which (…) represent a temporary capitulation to the problem,' says Gitanas Nauseda - Anadolu Ajansı

Poland on Monday reintroduced temporary border controls with Germany and Lithuania amid growing concerns over illegal migration and regional security.