I don't know on what basis the police might assume that I could be smuggling people across the border," he told DW. Both Germany and Poland are part of the Schengen area, which includes 29 ...

Some 13,000 border guards and soldiers protect around 400 kilometers (250 miles) of border. It’s become a buffer zone since Belarus’ ally, Russia, invaded neighboring Ukraine three years ago. Similar ...

Watched by drones and guarded by a five-and-a-half-metre steel barrier, a border crossing near the Polish town of Połowce encapsulates the security challenges facing the EU, Poland has said.

Germany first deployed Patriots ... fears of the war in Ukraine spilling over the border. Another surface-to-air missile landed in northern Poland in April 2023. The two German Patriot units ...

Polish border guards look east into Belarus at the crossing point Połowce-Pieszczatka in Polowce, Poland, Thursday ... in major powers France and Germany. Tusk believes that tough migration ...

“If anyone uses violence against the border guards, we close the border,” Duszczyk said. Doctors Without Borders says this could have “dramatic consequences.” It’s urged Poland “to ...