Poland reinstates border controls with Germany, Lithuania to curb illegal migration

Austria has been doing that for years and years already, despite various courts ordering them otherwise. I remember when we were returning home from the Netherlands and the Austrian border cops would quickly scan our bus for brown faces and then leave.

Unfortunately, Schengen only works if the external borders are strictly enforced, and certain countries (ahem, Spain) have failed to do so completely. And it's not just immigration, Spain also can't seem to tackle their drug problem, which has had enormous consequences for organised crime in all member states, from Ireland to my tiny little country. So I'm not that sad about Schengen not working out, it was a flawed concept from the start.

The more tragic thing here is the election of the PiS president, who will continue vetoing the cente-left government's reforms, leading to widespread discontent and PiS returning to power in the next election.

OP - How dare you say Illegal Immigrants!

We must call them- Undocumented, Asylum Seekers, Newcomers, Migrants - anything but what they actually are which is Illegal Immigrants.

I thought Poland got next to no immigrants, apart from Ukrainians of course.

I don't know why any non-Austrian would ever want to live in Austria. Austrians are absolute cunts.

The Germans are true slime, always have been. They present a righteous/moral facade to hide all the nasty stuff they're doing in the background.

American here who's been to Germany several times and I have to say Germans were all lovely to me.

This will turn into one of those threads where all the posters who spew about everyone else being trolls & nazis in other threads will unleash their self-justified bigotry without reserve. These are the people who can't handle opposing, no matter how rational, points of view so they pile on accusations of being a troll, a bot, a racist...We all know the schtik. Yet they're completely relaxed about coming to a thread like this to blanketly label Germans or Austrians as disgusting people.

And Lithuania's paying for it!

"French police struggle to control rise in migrant crossings of English Channel...

More 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats. That figure is up 48 percent on the first six months of 2024. The number is especially high at this time of year, because of the warm summer weather and calmer waters. Efforts to crack down on illegal immigration will be among the issues discussed this week as French President Emmanuel Macron makes a state visit to the UK."

Illegals want to go to Poland? Why? From where?

[quote]Illegals want to go to Poland? Why? From where?

Belarus is luring asylum seekers from Africa and the Middle East and pushing them en masse towards the Polish border with the purpose of sowing chaos and polarising Polish society. This campaign is Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's retaliation for the sanctions the European Union imposed in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, widely discredited for its lack of freedom and fairness (with Putin's help, he wants to punish countries for supporting Ukraine)

I doubt most asylum seekers want to stay in Poland, they probably want to travel to countries like Germany

"Macron, Starmer agree ‘new deterrent’ needed against illegal migrants, UK says

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday discussed the need for a “new deterrent” to tackle illegal migrant crossings of the Channel, the prime minister's office said."

^^Start shooting!

A decade or so ago when Poland's economy was in the shitter I recall the British and Germans complaining about the flood of POLISH immigrants into their countries without permission.

How now, Poles?

What r14 said. They were a cliché.

So is the economy good in Poland now?

No one wants to migrate to Poland

With a birthrate of near zero, these countries will soon be forced to tear down those gates to keep their economies alive

No fence climbers!

"Critics call the plans divisive"

Isn't that the whole idea?

It's all them MOOSLIMS, right?

Tallinn here we come!

[quote] The Germans are true slime, always have been. They present a righteous/moral facade to hide all the nasty stuff they're doing in the background.

Lemme guess, you’re pissed because they’re still supporting Israel and prosecuting antisemitism.

The illegals who committed the recent murders in Poland were from Colombia and Peru.

How the hell did they get to Poland?

From Jose to Wojciech.

I have a friend who is Polish. During the mass immigration of displaced Syrians fleeing civil war in their coutnry, he told me that the Poles are virulently anti-immigration of ANY kind. As he said, "We have a many hundred's year history of people invading our country, installing their people on Polish land, and squeezing native Poles into smaller and smaller areas". He sort of has a point - not forgetting that Poland was completely divided up between Prussians, Austrians, and Russians in the early the 1790s.

"Macron, Starmer hammer out migrant deal details as French president wraps UK visit

The two leaders admitted Wednesday the need for a "new deterrent" to curb the small boat crossings, as support for the anti-immigrant Reform UK party soars.

The UK would tackle undocumented migration with "new tactics" and a "new level of intent", Starmer said in summit opening remarks, adding: "We will agree the situation in the English Channel cannot go on as it is.""

These assholes can stay in their own shithole countries and try to improve them instead of invading Europe.

r26 that's true. Poland has a terrible history of invasion, and being ruled by foreign powers. It's understandable why they're rather insular.

It was the Polish army, led by General John Sobieski, who halted the Ottoman advance into Western Europe by defeating the Ottoman army at the Battle of Vienna on September 11, 1683. The Ottoman Empire was finally defeated in their attempt to conquer Western Europe.