{"id":74391,"date":"2024-03-20T22:51:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T19:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/74391\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"eu-belarus-border-illegal-migration-sets-ytd-record","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/74391\/","title":{"rendered":"EU-Belarus border: illegal migration sets YTD record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1129\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/straz-graniczna-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/straz-graniczna-1128.jpg 1129w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/straz-graniczna-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/straz-graniczna-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/straz-graniczna-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/straz-graniczna-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1129px) 100vw, 1129px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(The Polish Border Guard)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 20, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A record 178 illegal migrants tried to enter the European Union from Belarus yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Figures from border services in the east of the bloc indicate that 122 migrants tried to sneak into Poland, 37 into Latvia and 19 into Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s previous record of 169 illegal migrants was registered on March 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU has stopped 2,525 border violations from Belarus since January 1, including 1,971 this month. In March, the number of people trying to breach the border rose by a factor of 3.6 compared to January and February combined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Streams of migrants from Asia and Africa flowed through Belarus to Europe in the spring of 2021. European authorities foiled 31,892 illegal crossing attempts in 2022 and 42,078 in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 20, Pozirk. A record 178 illegal migrants tried to enter the European Union from Belarus yesterday. Figures from border services in the east of the bloc indicate that 122 migrants tried to sneak into Poland, 37 into Latvia and 19 into Lithuania. 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