{"id":140962,"date":"2025-06-02T18:12:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140962\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarus-eu-may-sees-record-number-of-irregular-border-crossing-attempts","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140962\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2013EU: May sees record number of irregular border crossing attempts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 2, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> European border guards documented 15,300 attempts to sneak in from Belarus in January\u2013May, <em>Pozirk<\/em>&#8216;s analysis of border statistics has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuania, Latvia and Poland reported a combined total of 6,800 attempts in May alone, a record for the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, Lithuania accounted for 3.46 percent of such incidents, Latvia \u2013 32.92 percent and Poland \u2013 63.62 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The migration crisis at the Belarusian-EU border has been ongoing since spring 2021 after Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, angered by EU sanctions, had indicated that Minsk would not prevent people from Africa and Asia from traveling through Belarus to the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 western neighbors call the crisis a \u201chybrid attack\u201d orchestrated by Minsk and Moscow.<\/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\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Irregular crossings via Belarus into Latvia, Poland on the rise in May<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 27, Pozirk. Latvia has not allowed at least 1,873 third-country foreigners to enter irregularly via Belarus this month, while Poland thwarted 3,446 attempts, according to Pozirk&#039;s analysis of border guards&#039; data. Riga reported an increase of 29.3 percent in &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/140040\">\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>June 2, Pozirk. European border guards documented 15,300 attempts to sneak in from Belarus in January\u2013May, Pozirk&#8216;s analysis of border statistics has revealed. Lithuania, Latvia and Poland reported a combined total of 6,800 attempts in May alone, a record for the year. 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