The action comes as the Central European countries seek to restrict the flow of illegal migrants.
WARSAW: Poland and the Czech Republic will extend temporary controls on their borders with Slovakia into November as the countries seek to restrict the flow of illegal migrants.
Polish interior minister Mariusz Kaminski was quoted as saying by news agency PAP today that the government would announce an extension until Nov 2, following a similar order announced by the Czech government yesterday evening. The two countries, along with Austria, tightened their borders with Slovakia on Oct 4 to guard against smugglers and an increase in illegal migrants.Slovakia is a transit country for migrants mostly from the Middle East and Afghanistan who are seeking to reach Germany after crossing into the European Union through Hungary from Serbia, which is not in the EU.
Yesterday, Slovakia extended its own border controls with Hungary until Nov 3. The number of migrants entering Slovakia has risen eleven-fold to nearly 40,000 this year, government data shows.Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, and Germany are all part of the EU’s Schengen open-border zone.
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