{"id":165518,"date":"2025-11-25T11:49:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T08:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165518\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"washington-concerned-over-belarus-weaponizing-irregular-migration","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165518\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington concerned over Belarus weaponizing irregular migration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/migranty_polsha_straz_graniczna_screen_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/migranty_polsha_straz_graniczna_screen_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/migranty_polsha_straz_graniczna_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/migranty_polsha_straz_graniczna_screen_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/migranty_polsha_straz_graniczna_screen_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/migranty_polsha_straz_graniczna_screen_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(strazgraniczna.pl)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 25, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The United States is closely monitoring Belarus\u2019 role in encouraging and organizing irregular migration into the European Union, a senior State Department official told journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWeaponized migration is definitely something of serious concern to the US, and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s a serious concern to countries that are bordering Belarus and are very proximate to that conflict,\u201d <em>Kyiv Post<\/em> quoted the official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The diplomat added that the US embassy in Belarus is helping draft the upcoming Human Rights Report, expected to offer more detail early next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of 2025, Belarus&#8217; western neighbors have thwarted more than 42,000 attempts by undocumented migrants to cross irregularly via Belarus, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2019s analysis of border guards\u2019 data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flow of people attempting to enter the EU surged in spring 2021 after Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, angered by EU sanctions, signaled that Minsk would not prevent asylum seekers from Africa and Asia from using Belarus as a route into the bloc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later,&nbsp;\u0141uka\u0161enka claimed that foreigners were traveling to the EU because they were \u201cinvited there.\u201d One month ago, he reiterated his refusal to cooperate with the EU on tackling irregular migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland describe the migration crisis as 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\/2025\/03\/straz-graniczna-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/straz-graniczna-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/straz-graniczna-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/straz-graniczna-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/straz-graniczna-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/straz-graniczna.jpg 1127w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Warsaw extends restrictions on asylum requests at border with Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 23, Pozirk. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk approved the government\u2019s proposal to extend restrictions on the acceptance of asylum requests at the border with Belarus for another 60 days, starting November 22. \u00a0 Earlier this month, the Polish Sejm &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/165300\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpozirk.online%2Fru%2Fnews%2F165428%2F&amp;text=%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%20%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%85%20%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%20%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%88%D1%8C%D1%8F%20%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B%20%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8C%20%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%20%D0%B8%D0%B7%20%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8%20%D0%B2%20%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%83%20%28%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%BE%29\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 25, Pozirk. The United States is closely monitoring Belarus\u2019 role in encouraging and organizing irregular migration into the European Union, a senior State Department official told journalists. \u201cWeaponized migration is definitely something of serious concern to the US, and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s a serious concern to countries that are bordering Belarus and are very [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":133040,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-165518","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Washington concerned over Belarus weaponizing irregular migration | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 25, Pozirk. 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