7 h. ago Poland reintroduces border controls with Germany in migrant crackdown after new nationalist president declared 'Poles first' agenda

Poland temporarily reintroduced border controls with Germany and Lithuania at midnight Sunday, saying they are needed to control 'illegal immigration'.

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8 h. ago Zelenskyy says ‘coalition of the willing’ should meet ‘in a few days’, after call with Starmer – Europe live

Ukrainian president says he and UK prime minister also discussed additional funding for drone productionThe commission also addressed the reintroduction of Polish border controls with Germany and Lithuania, confirming at its midday media briefing that it had received a formal notification from Poland on Friday.EU spokesperson Markus Lammert confirmed that “reintroducing temporary internal border controls is possible subject to certain conditions, as set out in EU legislation, and in particular in the Schengen borders code.” Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Gunman opens fire near major international airport as border control forced to shoot back

Graphic images of the aftermath of the scene have since flooded social media, with the US custom's office main door riddled with bullet holes, while a gun and blood stains can be seen on the walls

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8 h. ago Poland reintroduces border controls with Germany in migrant crackdown after new nationalist president's 'Poles first' agenda

Poland temporarily reintroduced border controls with Germany and Lithuania at midnight Sunday, saying they are needed to control 'illegal immigration'.

Politics

10 h. ago Poland begins controls on borders with Germany and Lithuania

Move after far-right protests is latest example of measures within EU that are straining passport-free Schengen zonePoland has reintroduced temporary border controls with Germany and Lithuania in response to public concerns over irregular migration.The measures came into force at midnight on Sunday and will last until 5 August, in the latest example of EU governments imposing measures that are straining the fabric of the bloc’s passport-free Schengen zone. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Russia claims to have foothold in new Ukraine region as Zelenskyy pleads for more air defences – Europe live

Russia says it has captured a village in the Dnipropetrovsk region as Ukraine president calls for allies to fulfil commitments on defenceThe commission also addressed the reintroduction of Polish border controls with Germany and Lithuania, confirming at its midday media briefing that it had received a formal notification from Poland on Friday.EU spokesperson Markus Lammert confirmed that “reintroducing temporary internal border controls is possible subject to certain conditions, as set out in EU legislation, and in particular in the Schengen borders code.” Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Poland reinstates border controls with Germany and Lithuania to discourage asylum

Poland has reinstated border controls with Germany and Lithuania to address concerns over illegal migration

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6 d. ago Poland to tighten border controls amid growing tension over irregular crossings

Temporary rules for Germany and Lithuania come as far-right activists initiate border patrolsPoland will introduce temporary border controls with Germany and Lithuania from next Monday amid growing tensions over irregular migration, the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, has said.The decision, made after a government meeting with the Polish border guard on Tuesday, comes in response to growing domestic political pressure and far-right backed protests at Poland’s border crossings with Germany over the weekend. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago EU country sets up border controls as migration debate gets heated

It’s among a growing number of EU nations reinstating checks to curb illegal migration

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6 d. ago Poland will temporarily reinstate border controls with Germany and Lithuania

Poland will temporarily reinstate border controls with Germany and Lithuania

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1 week ago Germany urgently needs to attract migrant workers – it just doesn’t want them to feel welcome | Chris Reiter and Will Wilkes

Friedrich Merz is unwisely trying to revive the discredited postwar ‘guest worker’ programmeFriedrich Merz’s government has sent a clear message to anyone thinking about coming to live in Germany: don’t. Yet its message to those who want to come to Germany to work is: we need you.This might sound like a contradiction, but it is a revival of the thinking that drove the “guest worker” programme of the postwar boom years. Between 1955 and 1973, West Germany sought to rebuild its economy by attracting labour, mainly from Turkey but also from Italy, Portugal and Yugoslavia. Yet it did so without giving much consideration to the human needs of the people coming. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Man 'refused entry into US' as border control find bald JD Vance meme on phone

Mads Mikkelsen, 21, from Norway, has told how he was strip searched and "humiliated" at New Jersey's Newark Airport after immigration officers found a meme on his phone of JD Vance without hair

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1 week ago Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme

A 21-year-old tourist has described the horrendous treatment he allegedly received after being denied entry to the USA due to a meme depicting JD Vance as bald being found on his phone

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2 w. ago Airline staff being trained to bar people without visas from flights to UK

Exclusive: Foreign secretary says training for 9,000 workers at European carriers is step towards more secure bordersThousands of European airline staff are being trained to stop people boarding flights to Britain without valid visas, in a move billed by the foreign secretary as a digital upgrade to border controls.David Lammy said the measures marked a step towards “more secure, more digital and more effective” borders, but the move could raise questions about human rights safeguards. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tourist teases Brits because of difference between EU and UK queue at Spanish airport

Irish comedian Peter Flanagan arrived in Malaga Airport and recorded himself zooming past a queue of Brits who were waiting for non-EU border control

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2 w. ago ‘These are the most magnificent poles made’: As Middle East rages, Trump brags about new flag poles at the White House

‘They are tall, tapered, rust proof, rope inside the pole, and of the highest quality,’ the president wrote of the flagstaffs

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3 w. ago Ryanair says passengers are ‘suffering’ in 2.5 hour queues due to Portuguese border control delays

The low-cost airline says passengers are missing their flights due to wait times at airports including Lisbon, Porto and Faro

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3 w. ago The betrayal of Gibraltar: Anger at Starmer's 'surrender deal' with EU that hands Spain control over territory's border

The agreement means Britons travelling to the peninsula could be refused entry by Spanish guards enforcing the EU rules - despite it being a British Overseas Territory.

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3 w. ago Ryanair issues warning as hundreds of passengers miss flights in airport chaos

Budget airline Ryanair said more than 270 passengers have missed their flights over the past two weeks due to extensive queues and chronic understaffing at border control

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