Polish Sejm passes new border laws

Poland's Sejm (lower house) on Wednesday passed amendments to Poland's border laws in response to the on-going migrant crisis on its border with Belarus. The new laws are needed to enable the continued closure of the crisis-affected border area after the expiry of a state of emergency imposed there on September 2. Under Poland's constitution, a state of emergency can only be prolonged once, and that option has already been exhausted.