{"id":7302,"date":"2023-10-23T11:45:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T08:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=7302"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"illegal-belarus-eu-border-crossings-soar-to-276-in-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/7302\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal Belarus-EU border crossings soar to 276 in 24 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 23, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The European Union (EU) has not allowed at least 276 migrants to enter illegally from Belarus over the past day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service <a href=\"https:\/\/vsat.lrv.lt\/lt\/naujienos\/neileistu-neteisetu-migrantu-statistika\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/vsat.lrv.lt\/lt\/naujienos\/neileistu-neteisetu-migrantu-statistika\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">registered<\/a> 17 border violations while their Latvian colleagues thwarted 90 attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Polish Border Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Straz_Graniczna\/status\/1716337783453688175\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Straz_Graniczna\/status\/1716337783453688175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a> that 169 foreigners, including nationals of Yemen, Syria and Somalia, tried to illegally cross the border from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of 2023, the EU has record\u00aded at least 37,157 attempts by illegal migrants to enter its territory from Belarus, with 22,858 attempts via Poland, 12,205 via Latvia and 2,094 via Lithuania. Illegal migrants attempt\u00aded to cross the Belaru\u00adsian-EU bor\u00adder as many as 3,933 times in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pozirk<\/em>&#8216;s analysis of daily stats indicated growing tension at the Belarusian-EU border, with Latvia turning into the prime target. Illegal border crossing attempts peaked at 5,054 in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The migration crisis at the Belarusian-EU border dates back to the spring of 2021. It escalated in November 2021, with thousands of migrants setting 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\n\n\n<p>Migration figures had dropped significantly by the time Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, but have risen more recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 28, interior ministers of Poland and the Baltic States agreed to close their borders with Belarus in case of a surge in illegal migration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 23, Pozirk. The European Union (EU) has not allowed at least 276 migrants to enter illegally from Belarus over the past day. The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service registered 17 border violations while their Latvian colleagues thwarted 90 attempts. 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