Lubin, Szczecin, Skierniewice—these are the very towns where illegal migrants have been spotted recently. Yet reports from a German news site reveal that another group of foreigners has now been sent back to Poland, this time from Eritrea.
Lately, the media space has been inundated with stories about migrants in Poland. We reported on migrants turning up in children’s homes across the country, as well as on a group of foreigners in Szczecin.
Lubin also witnessed an unusual incident: migrants were seen running naked through the streets.
Another transfer of migrants
But, as it turns out, that was not the end of it. The German portal nordkurier.de writes about yet another “transfer” of migrants from Germany to Poland.
Three days ago, late in the evening (around 11 p.m.), German police officers checked a group of four men on the bridge between Neurüdnitz and Siekierki. The men were reportedly Eritrean citizens, yet—as the site notes—they carried no documents authorizing them to cross into Germany.
The migrants allegedly testified that once inside Polish territory, “a driver picked them up,” drove them to the footbridge, and then left. They planned to continue the journey on foot, hoping to “cross the border without any problems.”
The Eritreans were taken to the nearest police station, where full documentation of their “attempted illegal entry” was drawn up. After that, the entire group was brought to Poland.
“The Europa Bridge between Neurüdnitz and Siekierki has been a popular crossing for pedestrians and cyclists since it opened, but in recent months it has also been the site of numerous arrests linked to illegal entry. The Federal Police carry out temporary checks here—just as they do at other crossings along the Oder River—to prevent so-called secondary migration. Temporary border controls on the Polish-German frontier were re-introduced in October of last year and have been extended several times since,” the portal reports.