{"id":1339,"date":"2023-08-03T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T08:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1339"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"eu-stops-105-illegal-migrants-at-belarus-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1339\/","title":{"rendered":"EU stops 105 illegal migrants at Belarus border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 3,&nbsp;<em>BPN<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/strong>The European Union (EU) has not allowed at least 105 migrants to enter illegally from Belarus over the past day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vsat.lrv.lt\/lt\/naujienos\/neileistu-neteisetu-migrantu-statistika\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">recorded<\/a>&nbsp;four illegal attempts to cross the border on August 2, while their Latvian colleagues thwarted 15 attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Polish Border Guard&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Straz_Graniczna\/status\/1686993396001284096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a>&nbsp;that 86 foreigners, including nationals of Egypt and India, tried to illegally cross the border from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of 2023, the EU has recorded at least 24,561 attempts by illegal migrants to enter its territory from Belarus, with 17,798 attempts via Poland, 5,282 via Latvia and 1,481 via Lithuania. Illegal migrants attempted to cross the Belarusian-EU border as many as 5,054 times in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BPN&#8217;s analysis of daily stats indicated growing tension at the Belarusian-EU border, with Poland being the prime target. Illegal border crossing attempts rose from 1,989 in January and 1,970 in February to 4,719 in May and 3,701 in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The migration crisis at the Belarusian-EU border dates back to the spring of 2021. It escalated in November 2021, with thousands of migrants setting up a camp near the Polish border. The Baltic states and Poland accused Belarusian authorities of creating the trouble, while the latter blamed it on the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Migration figures had dropped significantly by the time Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, but have risen more recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 3,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;The European Union (EU) has not allowed at least 105 migrants to enter illegally from Belarus over the past day. The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service&nbsp;recorded&nbsp;four illegal attempts to cross the border on August 2, while their Latvian colleagues thwarted 15 attempts. 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