Polish PM is trying to reassert control over both the country’s borders and his increasingly unruly governing alliance.

Poland will temporarily reinstate border controls with Germany and Lithuania. Prime Minister Donald Tusk made the announcement on Tuesday, after Germany announced stricter migration policies

Poland has made the call to bring back border controls at its borders with Germany and Lithuania to curb the flood of illegal migrants. All three European Union (EU) countries are part of the Schengen Area, which permits free movement across most of the region.