EU stops 95 illegal migrants at Belarus border
April 3, BPN. The EU has not allowed 95 migrants to enter illegally from Belarus over the past day.
The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service reported that it turned away five migrants in the Lithuanian-Belarusian border area on April 2, while their Latvian colleagues thwarted 29 attempts.
The Polish Border Guard said that 61 foreigners, including nationals of Afghanistan, Iran and Sri Lanka, tried to illegally cross the border from Belarus.
Since the start of 2023, the EU has recorded a total of 7,628 attempts by illegal migrants to enter its territory, with 5,658 attempts via Poland, 1,340 via Latvia and 630 via Lithuania.
Monthly data show the growing tension at the Belarus-EU border, with a total of 1,989 illegal border crossing attempts in January, 2,034 in February and 3,401 in March.
The migration crisis at the Belarusian-EU border dates back to the spring of 2021. It escalated in November 2021 when thousands of migrants set up a camp near the Polish border. The Baltic states and Poland accused Belarusian authorities of creating the trouble, while the latter blamed it on the West.
Migration figures had dropped significantly by the time Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, but have risen more recently. Poland has been leading as the main destination for illegal migrants in 2023.
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