Poland’s Ministry of the Interior and Administration confirmed on 14 January 2026 that temporary controls on the country’s western and north-eastern Schengen frontiers will remain in force for another quarter.

The decision, first introduced in July 2025 and most recently prolonged by a 1 October ordinance, means travellers entering from Germany or Lithuania will continue to face random checks at 65 designated crossing points. According to Wednesday’s Border Guard communiqué, 52 crossings remain open on the German side (16 with full-time inspection lanes) and 13 on the Lithuanian side (two with permanent posts in the former Budzisko and Ogrodniki stations).

Officials say the extension is driven by “persistent secondary movements” of migrants who initially cross from Belarus into the EU via Lithuania and attempt to reach Germany through Poland. Mobile patrols equipped with ANPR cameras, heat-seeking drones and joint police–military teams will supplement fixed controls.