Poland Extends Border Controls with Lithuania and Germany Until March 30

Poland will keep temporary border controls with Lithuania and Germany in place until March 30, extending measures that had initially been scheduled to continue only until October 2.

The European Commission said Poland notified it of the extension. Poland’s Interior Ministry said the decision reflected the continued activity of an irregular migration route running through Belarus and the Baltic states.

The ministry said Poland had not ruled out lifting the controls earlier if the situation at the border improved. Poland introduced the checks in July 2025 in response to measures taken by Germany.

Germany has carried out selective checks on its border with Poland since October 2023. After Germany’s new government took office in May, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt ordered more intensive inspections and instructed border guards to return asylum seekers in certain circumstances. The article describes Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko as organising the transport of irregular migrants from Asia to the European Union’s external border to pressure the West.

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Poland does not rule out lifting the controls earlier if the situation at the border improves.