On Friday, October 3rd, 2025, the National Security Bureau (BBN) announced that the President of the Republic of Poland and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Karol Nawrocki, had signed a decree dated October 3rd, 2025, authorizing the deployment of units and subunits of the Polish Armed Forces to assist the Border Guard.
Border controls are being carried out at 50 locations along the Polish-German border and at 13 locations along the Polish-Lithuanian border / Photo: Armed Forces Operational Command
From October 5th, 2025, to April 4th, 2026, units and subunits of the Polish Armed Forces will be deployed to ensure the inviolability of the state border and to maintain security and public order within the territorial scope of border crossings and the border zone along Poland’s state border with the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Lithuania.
On the same day, Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Ordinance No. 56 on the deployment of Military Police soldiers to assist the Border Guard was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Poland (Monitor Polski):
In connection with a potential threat to security or public order due to a serious risk of illegal immigration at the state border with the Federal Republic of Germany, Military Police soldiers shall provide assistance to the Border Guard from October 5th, 2025, until the end of the temporary reinstatement of border controls for persons crossing the state border with the Federal Republic of Germany, introduced pursuant to Article 17a of the Act of October 12th, 1990, on the Protection of the State Border (Journal of Laws of 2025, item 184).
On July 7th, 2025, the Armed Forces Operational Command (DO RSZ) announced the launch of Operation Safe West along Poland’s state border with the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as the expansion of Operation Safe Podlasie to include the border with the Republic of Lithuania. The border controls were later extended on August 6th until October 4th, 2025.
Na mocy Postanowienia Prezydenta RP, w okresie od 5 października 2025 r. do 4 kwietnia 2026 r. Siły Zbrojne RP 🇵🇱 będą kontynuować wsparcie Straży Granicznej w ochronie granicy państwowej z Republiką Federalną Niemiec 🇩🇪 w ramach operacji #BezpiecznyZachód oraz z Republiką… pic.twitter.com/tqPjCEFQPI
— Dowództwo Operacyjne RSZ (@DowOperSZ) October 4, 2025
Trwa operacja #BezpiecznyZachód 🇵🇱🚧🇩🇪.
Żołnierze WOT @terytorialsi nieprzerwanie wspierają @Straz_Graniczna na polsko-niemieckim odcinku granicy, by ograniczyć nielegalne przekroczenia i zabezpieczać kluczowe szlaki komunikacyjne.Razem dbamy o bezpieczeństwo Polski 🇵🇱 🫡… pic.twitter.com/GXwdQmVQNa
— Dowództwo Operacyjne RSZ (@DowOperSZ) October 1, 2025
Meanwhile, on October 1st of this year, Minister of the Interior and Administration Marcin Kierwiński signed a regulation extending the temporary border controls on Poland’s borders with Germany and Lithuania. The regulation will enter into force on October 5th and extend the controls for another six months, until April 4th, 2026.
“We are extending the controls in order to monitor the migration route that leads from the Baltic states, through Poland, to Western Europe. We are detaining individuals who attempt to illegally transport migrants to the West. The key task for the Border Guard remains maintaining the integrity and protection of the border with Belarus against migration pressure,” said Minister Marcin Kierwiński.
Szef #MSWiA podpisał rozporządzenie w sprawie przedłużenia tymczasowej kontroli granicznej na granicy z Niemcami i Litwą.
🗓️ Wejdzie ono w życie 5 października br. i przedłuży kontrole o kolejne pół roku – do 4 kwietnia 2026 r. 🚧
💬 Przedłużamy kontrole, aby kontrolować szlak… pic.twitter.com/8ZeAUk54HV
— MSWiA 🇵🇱 (@MSWiA_GOV_PL) October 1, 2025