{"id":128316,"date":"2025-03-02T18:10:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T15:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/128316\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"europe-sees-two-fold-increase-in-irregular-migration-from-belarus-in-early-2025","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/128316\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe sees two-fold increase in irregular migration from Belarus in early 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 2, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> European Union countries documented at least 1,117 irregular entry attempts from Belarus in January\u2013February 2025, 102 percent more than in the same period last year, according to Pozirk&#8217;s analysis of statistics from Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Poles stopped at least 811 attempts, the Latvians 207 and the Lithuanians 99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, compared with January 2025, attempts increased by a factor of 1.9 for Poland and 5.2 for Lithuania. However, for Latvia, they fell by a factor of 1.8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first two months of this year, Poland accounted for 72.6 percent of attempts to enter the EU from Belarusian territory without following established procedures. A year ago, it was 80 percent.<\/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\/06\/granitsa_strasz_graniczna-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/granitsa_strasz_graniczna-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/granitsa_strasz_graniczna-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/granitsa_strasz_graniczna-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/granitsa_strasz_graniczna-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/granitsa_strasz_graniczna.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Poland turns dozens of migrants away on January 28<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 30, Pozirk. On January 28, Polish border guards prevented more than 40 illegal border crossings from Belarus. This is a record for the last six weeks, according to Pozirk&#039;s analysis of data from the Polish Border Guard. On December &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/124141\">\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>March 2, Pozirk. European Union countries documented at least 1,117 irregular entry attempts from Belarus in January\u2013February 2025, 102 percent more than in the same period last year, according to Pozirk&#8217;s analysis of statistics from Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania. The Poles stopped at least 811 attempts, the Latvians 207 and the Lithuanians 99. 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