As part of a coordinated procedure with neighboring nations, the Department of Communications of the Czech Ministry of the Interior noted in a statement made on November 1 that the checks at the borders with Slovakia will continue for an additional 20 days.
Based on the current circumstances, the Ministry has not ruled out the potential that border controls could be extended once again after November 22.
Poland has also announced an extension of border controls until November 22, which was originally scheduled to expire after November 2.
On October 4, restrictions were also implemented by Warsaw, which cited "a serious threat of illegal immigration on the Polish-Slovak section of the state border." Despite claims of "good results" and "clear effects," the measure was scheduled to be in force for a week, but it was later extended until November 2.
A rise in the quantity of undocumented migrants traveling from eastern Schengen to the western part of the region has led to an increase in internal border controls within the area that is meant to be border-free in recent weeks.
France likewise increased border controls at all of its internal borders on November 1st, stating the need for the step due to the situation at its external frontiers and the emergence of new terrorist threats. The same had been in effect for a number of years and were set to expire on October 31.
In response to the threat posed by Islamist terrorism, Sweden will also be extending internal border controls at all of its borders on November 12.
However, due to pressure on the asylum reception system, high migration pressure at the EU's external border to Turkey and the Western Balkans, the threat of arms trafficking and criminal networks as a result of the conflict in Ukraine, and human smuggling, Austria currently maintains border controls with Hungary and Slovenia. The government has already declared that they will extend the legislation for a further six months, even though it was supposed to expire on November 11.
Moreover, border restrictions exist between Slovenia and Croatia and Hungary through at least November 19, 2023.
Currently, the Schengen area also has border controls between Germany and Austria, Denmark, and other countries.
Each of these nations reports a significant influx of undocumented migrants entering their borders. Slovakia reports that from the start of the year to the end of August, it found almost 24,500 unauthorized migrants, as opposed to less than 11,000 for the whole of 2022.