Conflict between Germany and Poland over a family of asylum seekers from Afghanistan: The Polish border guard accuses their German colleagues of taking the family back to the neighboring country after crossing the border without consulting them. Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks of an “unacceptable incident”.
“The transfer of foreigners to Poland (to the village of Osinow Dolny) by the German police was carried out in violation of the principles of cooperation between the two departments and the Transfer Act,” the Polish parties said on Monday. “The German authorities should not take such a decision arbitrarily,” the report continued. Polish media had earlier reported, citing eyewitnesses, that a German police car appeared in the village of Osinow Dolny, near the border, on Friday and left a migrant family there.
Tusk wants to talk to Scholz
“I will immediately speak to Chancellor Scholz about the unacceptable incident between German police and a migrant family on our side of the border,” Polish Prime Minister Tusk said on the short messaging platform X.
A statement from the German Federal Police said that as part of temporarily reintroduced internal border controls, officers stopped a five-member Afghan family in the early hours of June 14 near Altmädewitz in Brandenburg who had attempted to enter the country. to enter without permission. The family had Polish asylum certificates for the adults and Polish identity cards for the children; she did not submit an asylum application in the presence of the German officials. According to the legal situation, she should therefore be returned to Poland.
German police receive ‘no response for hours’
According to the German Federal Police, the Polish Border Guard was informed through the joint operations center in Swiecko that they wanted to transfer the family. “As there was no response from the Polish side for hours, even when asked, the officials decided to drive the family with a patrol to the German-Polish border near Hohenwutzen and release them from there to Poland.”
Since the children complained that they did not feel well during the trip, it was decided to go to a pharmacy in the town of Osinow Dolny to provide first aid. Representatives of both countries want to discuss the incident on Tuesday.
Source: Krone
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