{"id":127146,"date":"2025-02-20T18:15:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/127146\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"irregular-migration-from-belarus-to-eu-surges-in-february","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/127146\/","title":{"rendered":"Irregular migration from Belarus to EU surges in February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 20, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The number of documented attempts to enter the European Union from Belarus bypassing established procedures exceeded January\u2019s number in less than three weeks of February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 460 attempts were prevented between February 1 and 19, compared to 431 in January, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2019s analysis of border guards\u2019 data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poland thwarted at least 327 irregular crossings; Lithuania, 71 crossings; Latvia, 62 crossings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the beginning of the year, the three countries have blocked at least 891 entries from Belarus (Poland, 610; Latvia, 194; Lithuania, 87). This is 1.6 times more than in the first two months of 2024.<\/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\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                            <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\">Security, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">More irregular border crossings reported from Belarus to EU<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">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. According &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/126884\">\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 20, Pozirk. The number of documented attempts to enter the European Union from Belarus bypassing established procedures exceeded January\u2019s number in less than three weeks of February. At least 460 attempts were prevented between February 1 and 19, compared to 431 in January, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of border guards\u2019 data. Poland thwarted at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-127146","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Irregular migration from Belarus to EU surges in February | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 20, Pozirk. 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