{"id":127739,"date":"2025-02-25T21:09:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T18:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/127739\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarusian-border-migration-spikes-at-election-polish-general","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/127739\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish general links rise in irregular border crossings to Belarus&#8217; election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 25, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Maj. Gen. Maciej Klisz, operational commander of the Polish Armed Forces, linked a rise this month in attempts by third-country nationals to cross the border from Belarus into Poland illegally to Belarus&#8217; presidential election held from January 21 to 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first 24 days of February, Polish border guards prevented 424 irregular crossings. According to <em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2019s analysis of Polish border guard data, this is 170 percent more than in the same in the same period in January. Border guards reported 283 attempts in January and 345 from February 1 to 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klisz, in an interview with <em>Polskie Radio,<\/em> described this irregular migration as a combination of organized crime and politics and compared it to hybrid warfare.<\/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\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/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\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Irregular Belarus-EU border crossings keep rising in February<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 23, Pozirk. Irregular border crossings from Belarus into the European Union by third-country foreigners have reached 490 since the start of February, rising 13.7 percent compared to January and 7 percent year on year, according to Pozirk\u2018s analysis of &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/127429\">\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>February 25, Pozirk. Maj. Gen. Maciej Klisz, operational commander of the Polish Armed Forces, linked a rise this month in attempts by third-country nationals to cross the border from Belarus into Poland illegally to Belarus&#8217; presidential election held from January 21 to 26. In the first 24 days of February, Polish border guards prevented 424 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":93433,"template":"","rubric":[38,16,30],"class_list":["post-127739","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-elections","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>Polish general links rise in irregular border crossings to Belarus&#039; election | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 25, Pozirk. Maj. Gen. 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