Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Recently, I was in the German towns of Görlitz and Ostritz, which are both on the Polish border. Poland has now started checking passports on that border. Is this allowed, why is it being done, and what does this mean for the Schengen Area?

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