00:00As Polish checks on the border with Germany and Lithuania restart on Monday,
00:04regional tensions deepen amid an illegal migration crisis.
00:08Warsaw reintroduced the emergency checks along its western and northern borders for 30 days
00:13as per EU laws and regulations, adding that they may be renewed if necessary.
00:1852 sites along Poland's border with Germany and 13 with Lithuania will be subjected to
00:23additional scrutiny and inspections. Over the weekend, Poland's Interior Minister
00:28Tomasz Szimonyak said Warsaw is prepared to scrap its checks if Berlin reciprocates.
00:33He added that Germany had initiated border checks back in October 2023.
00:37Tensions soared over the management of the borders, with Poland saying more than 11,000
00:42migrants were pushed into their country from Germany between January 2024 and February 2025.
00:48German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz says he's willing to work with Warsaw to address the issue.
00:53The increased checks come after the numbers of illegal migrant crossings spiked in what
00:57Germany, Poland and Lithuania say is a move orchestrated by Russia.
01:01They accused the Kremlin of manufacturing a crisis by funneling thousands of migrants into EU territory
01:07via Belarus.
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