{"id":109101,"date":"2024-10-12T22:19:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T19:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109101\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"illegal-migration-at-belarus-eu-border-plunges","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109101\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal migration at Belarus-EU border plunges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 12, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The European Union (EU) stopped 710 illegal entries from Belarus in the first 10 days of October, 60 percent fewer than in the same period last year, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>&#8216;s analysis of data from border agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poland reported a decrease of 15.8 percent, Latvia 81.5 percent and Lithuania 89.2 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 11, the Latvian State Border Guard stopped 19 illegal entries and the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service stopped 14. Poland is expected to release the update tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the beginning of the year, border guards foiled 32,664 attempts to sneak into the EU, including 27,375 in Poland, 4,626 in Latvia and 663 in Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The migration crisis at the Belarusian-European border has been ongoing since the spring of 2021. Poland and the Baltic states call it a hybrid attack organized by Minsk and Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Illegal Belarus-EU border crossings plunge in first week of October<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 10, Pozirk. Illegal border crossings from Belarus into the European Union have fallen since the start of October with at least 521 attempts reported in the first week of the month, according to Pozirk\u2018s analysis of border guards\u2019 data. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/108672\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 12, Pozirk. The European Union (EU) stopped 710 illegal entries from Belarus in the first 10 days of October, 60 percent fewer than in the same period last year, according to Pozirk&#8216;s analysis of data from border agencies. Poland reported a decrease of 15.8 percent, Latvia 81.5 percent and Lithuania 89.2 percent. 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