{"id":190316,"date":"2026-06-02T21:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/190316\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T21:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:35:24","slug":"irregular-belarus-eu-crossings-peak-in-may-latvia-primary-target","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/190316\/","title":{"rendered":"Irregular Belarus-EU crossings peak in May, Latvia primary target"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica_polska_mvd_i_a.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica_polska_mvd_i_a.jpg 900w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica_polska_mvd_i_a-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica_polska_mvd_i_a-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica_polska_mvd_i_a-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica_polska_mvd_i_a-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(gov.pl\/web\/mswia)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 2, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The neighboring European Union countries did not allow at least 2,583 undocumented foreigners to cross irregularly via Belarus in May, with 2,482 of these attempts reported by Latvia, according to\u00a0<em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2019s analysis of border guards\u2019 data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Irregular crossings rose by nearly 18 percent compared to April and hit the highest monthly total in seven months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of 2026, Belarus\u2019 western neighbors have thwarted 5.447 irregular crossings via Belarus after 6,825 attempts in May 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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<p>In June 2021, the Belarusian government suspended a readmission agreement with the EU in response to sanctions that followed the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvia, Lithuania and Poland call the migration crisis a \u201chybrid attack\u201d orchestrated by Minsk and Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prime ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland signed a joint declaration on February 26 to strengthen cooperation and beef up border security and respond to hybrid threats. The governments committed \u201cto resist the instrumentalization of migration and other hybrid threats at the external borders of the EU, including land, sea, and airspace.\u201d<\/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\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Irregular Belarus-Latvia crossings hit 4,200 since late March<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 31, Pozirk. Latvia has been recording irregular crossings by undocumented third-country foreigners via Belarus for the past 66 days, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of border guards\u2019 data. Latvian authorities thwarted 4,200 such attempts from March 25 to May 29, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/189964\">\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. The neighboring European Union countries did not allow at least 2,583 undocumented foreigners to cross irregularly via Belarus in May, with 2,482 of these attempts reported by Latvia, according to\u00a0Pozirk\u2019s analysis of border guards\u2019 data. Irregular crossings rose by nearly 18 percent compared to April and hit the highest monthly total in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":164338,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-190316","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Irregular Belarus-EU crossings peak in May, Latvia primary target | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 2, Pozirk. 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