{"id":167872,"date":"2025-12-12T15:41:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167872\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"polish-border-guards-discover-tunnel-under-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167872\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish border guards discover tunnel under border wall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/migrant-polska-tonnel-20251212-straz-e1765540524702.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\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>December 12, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Polish border guards have uncovered a tunnel beneath the Belarusian-Polish border wall, detaining more than 130 undocumented migrants\u2014mostly nationals of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Border guards, soldiers and tracking dogs are continuing the search for more than 50 additional individuals who are believed to have entered Poland through the tunnel, according to security-camera footage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1199\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/migrant-polska-tonnel-20251212-2-e1765540402247.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The tunnel\u2019s exit was located near the village of Narewka in Podlaskie Voivodeship, around 10 meters inside Polish territory behind the border wall. The entrance was found near Tu\u0161emla in the Svis\u0142o\u010d district of the Hrodna region, roughly 50 meters from the border. Measuring about 1.5 meters in height, the tunnel ran beneath both a road and the wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities also arrested two drivers who had arrived to pick up the migrants: a 69-year-old Polish citizen and a 49-year-old Lithuanian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the fourth tunnel discovered in 2025 by the Podlaskie Border Guard Unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between November 28 and December 10, the Polish Border Guard recorded just five attempts to cross the border outside legal checkpoints. No attempts were reported between December 2 and 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, Polish border guards have documented nearly 29,000 attempts by third-country nationals to cross illegally from Belarus this year.<\/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                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Poland, Lithuania report undocumented migration attempts after a quiet spell<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 11,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Poland and Lithuania each reported an attempt by undocumented migrants to cross in from Belarus outside official border checkpoints on December 10. Prior to these incidents, Lithuania had gone 11 days without reporting any such attempts since November 29, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/167729\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 12, Pozirk. Polish border guards have uncovered a tunnel beneath the Belarusian-Polish border wall, detaining more than 130 undocumented migrants\u2014mostly nationals of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. Border guards, soldiers and tracking dogs are continuing the search for more than 50 additional individuals who are believed to have entered Poland through the tunnel, according [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":167860,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-167872","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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 border guards discover tunnel under border wall | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 12, Pozirk. 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