{"id":45323,"date":"2023-01-13T19:01:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/eu-stops-44-illegal-migrants-at-belarus-border\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"eu-stops-44-illegal-migrants-at-belarus-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45323\/","title":{"rendered":"EU stops 44 illegal migrants at Belarus border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>January 13, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The EU has not allowed 44 migrants to enter illegally from Belarus over the past day.<\/p>\n<p> The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service did not record illegal border crossings on January 12, but <a href=\"https:\/\/vsat.lrv.lt\/lt\/naujienos\/neileistu-neteisetu-migrantu-statistika\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a> that their Latvian colleagues thwarted seven attempts.<\/p>\n<p> The Polish Border Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Straz_Graniczna\/status\/1613798924883460097?cxt=HHwWgoCwic3kruUsAAAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a> that 37 foreigners tried to illegally cross the border from Belarus. Two Ukrainians and one Moldovan were arrested for facilitating illegal migration.<\/p>\n<p> A total of 884 illegal attempts to enter the EU from Belarus have been registered since the beginning of 2023 (536 to Poland; 237 to Latvia; 111 to Lithuania).<\/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>January 13, BPN. The EU has not allowed 44 migrants to enter illegally from Belarus over the past day. 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