{"id":44969,"date":"2022-12-19T14:13:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T11:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/eu-stops-54-illegal-migrants-at-belarus-border\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"eu-stops-54-illegal-migrants-at-belarus-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44969\/","title":{"rendered":"EU stops 54 illegal migrants at Belarus border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 19, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>The EU has not allowed 54 migrants to enter illegally from Belarus over the past day.<\/p>\n<p> The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service <a href=\"https:\/\/pasienis.lt\/lit\/Neileistu-neteisetu-migrantu-statistika\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a> that it turned away seven migrants in the Lithuanian-Belarusian border area on December 18, while their Latvian colleagues thwarted 24 attempts. Since the beginning of the year, Lithuania has recorded 11,097 illegal attempts to cross the border.<\/p>\n<p> The Polish Border Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Straz_Graniczna\/status\/1604741931497672704?cxt=HHwWgMC-8ZmSmMUsAAAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a> that 23 foreigners tried to illegally cross the border from Belarus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> The migration crisis at the Belarusian-EU border dates back to the spring of 2021. It escalated on November 8, 2021 when thousands of migrants set up a camp near the Polish border. The Baltic states and Poland accused Belarusian authorities of creating the trouble, while the latter blamed it on the West.<\/p>\n<p> Migration figures had dropped significantly by the time Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, but have risen more recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 19, BPN. The EU has not allowed 54 migrants to enter illegally from Belarus over the past day. 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