SLUBICE, Poland -- Poland reinstated border controls on Monday with neighboring Germany and Lithuania following similar German restrictions imposed earlier this year aimed at discouraging asylum-seekers.

Poland introduced temporary controls on its borders with Germany and Lithuania on Monday, in what the government said was a step to check migrants more thoroughly amid public concerns over immigration.

The Polish government reintroduced border control measures between Lithuania and Germany due to growing public concern over what many say is irregular migration.