{"id":56618,"date":"2023-12-20T14:42:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=56618"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"poland-stops-32-illegal-migrants-at-belarus-eu-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56618\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland stops 32 illegal migrants at Belarus-EU border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><strong>December 20, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Polish Border Guard has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Straz_Graniczna\/status\/1737370455357505578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">not allowed<\/a> at least 32 migrants to cross illegally into the European Union from Belarus over the past day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lithuanian and Latvian border guards did not register any border violations on December 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of 2023, the EU has recorded at least 41,806 attempts by illegal migrants to enter its territory from Belarus, with 25,387 attempts via Poland, 13,857 via Latvia and 2,562 via Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pozirk\u2018s analysis of daily stats indicated fluctuated but steady tension at the Belarusian-EU border throughout the year. Illegal border crossings peaked at 5,474 in October, exceeding the previous record high of 5,054 in July. In December, illegal migrant flows decreased as border guards registered 454 attempts to cross the Belarusian-EU border.<\/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\n\n\n<p>The Baltic states and Poland accused Belarusian authorities of creating the trouble, while the latter blamed it on the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 28, the interior ministers of Poland and the Baltic States warned that they would close the border with Belarus in case of a surge in illegal migration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 20, Pozirk. The Polish Border Guard has not allowed at least 32 migrants to cross illegally into the European Union from Belarus over the past day. The Lithuanian and Latvian border guards did not register any border violations on December 19. Since the start of 2023, the EU has recorded at least 41,806 attempts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[30],"class_list":["post-56618","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Poland stops 32 illegal migrants at Belarus-EU border | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 20, Pozirk. 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