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Poland Starts Border Checks With Germany In Anti-migrant Clampdown

The issue was central to Poland's presidential election in June, when nationalist Karol Nawrocki -- who ran on a slogan of 'Poland first, Poles first' -- narrowly defeated the candidate backed by pro-EU Prime Minister Donald Tusk (Credit: AFP)

Poland reimposed checks on its borders with EU neighbours Germany and Lithuania on Monday in a bid to crack down on irregular migration amid surging anti-immigrant sentiment creating political pressure in Berlin and Warsaw.

Border guards and military police could be seen looking into passing cars and occasionally stopping vehicles for document checks on the bridge connecting the Polish town of Slubice with Frankfurt an der Oder in Germany.

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