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Illegal border crossings peaked at 5,474 in October, exceeding the previous record high of 5,054 in July. In December, illegal migrants attempted to cross the Belarusian-EU border as many as 396 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The migration crisis at the Belarusian-EU border started in spring 2021 after Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, angered by EU sanctions, had indicated that Minsk would not prevent migrants from Africa and Asia from using Belarus as a route to the EU. It escalated in November 2021, with hundreds of migrants storming the Polish border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 18, Pozirk. The European Union (EU) has not allowed at least 42 migrants to enter illegally from Belarus over the past day. The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service did not record any border violations for the fifth say in a row, but said their Latvian colleagues thwarted two attempts. 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