{"id":126884,"date":"2025-02-18T19:38:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/126884\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"more-irregular-border-crossing-reported-from-belarus-to-eu","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/126884\/","title":{"rendered":"More irregular border crossings reported from Belarus to EU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 18, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The activity of irregular travelers at the border between Belarus and the European Union increased by a factor of 3.9 in January and the first 17 days of February, compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2019s analysis of border guards\u2019 data, at least 846 irregular crossings from Belarus were prevented in this period, compared to 218 in the same period last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poland thwarted at least 576 crossings (a threefold increase); Latvia, 183 crossings (an increase by factor of 36.6); Lithuania, 87 crossings (an increase by factor of 4.4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the first 17 days of February, the three countries&nbsp;blocked at least 415 entries from Belarus, 2.7 times more than in the first ten days of January and 3.4 times more than on February 1\u201317, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Polish Border Guard reported 293 irregular crossing attempts; Latvia, 51 attempts; Lithuania, 71 attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/\u0424\u043b\u0430\u0433-\u041f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0438-Pixabay-300x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/\u0424\u043b\u0430\u0433-\u041f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0438-Pixabay-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/\u0424\u043b\u0430\u0433-\u041f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0438-Pixabay-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/\u0424\u043b\u0430\u0433-\u041f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0438-Pixabay-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/\u0424\u043b\u0430\u0433-\u041f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0438-Pixabay.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarusian to go on trial in Poland for allegedly transporting migrants<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 18, Pozirk. Prosecutors from W\u0142odawa, a town in eastern Poland, forwarded to court a criminal case against Belarusian Ivan B. and Ukrainian Alexei V., accused of transporting foreigners who entered Poland illegally. The men made dozens of trips from &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/126851\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 18, Pozirk. The activity of irregular travelers at the border between Belarus and the European Union increased by a factor of 3.9 in January and the first 17 days of February, compared to the same period last year. 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