{"id":178163,"date":"2026-03-05T12:27:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/178163\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"poland-extends-no-go-zone-at-belarus-border-for-another-90-days-2","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/178163\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland extends no-go zone at Belarus border for another 90 days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March 5, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Poland will maintain the no-go zone along its border with Belarus for another 90 days, tvp.info<\/em> reports, citing Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwi\u0144ski’s directive signed on February 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The buffer zone was first introduced in June 2024 and has since been extended. It currently covers an area of approximately 78 kilometers along the border, under the jurisdiction of the Micha\u0142owo, Narewka, Bia\u0142owie\u017ca, Dubicze Cerkiewne and Czeremcha border posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Polish authorities, the entry restrictions are designed to protect police officers, border guards and military personnel, while also curbing the activities of smuggling groups involved in irregular crossings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe observe with satisfaction a reduction in migration pressure, but we don\u2019t consider it a sustainable process at this stage, and therefore we will take all measures to stop illegal migration along this route,\u201d Deputy Interior Minister Czes\u0142aw Mroczek said earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flow of people desperate to cross into the EU surged in spring 2021 after Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, angered by EU sanctions, had indicated that Minsk would not prevent asylum seekers from Africa and Asia from using Belarus as a route to the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latvia, Lithuania and Poland call the migration crisis a \u201chybrid attack\u201d orchestrated by Minsk and Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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