{"id":74510,"date":"2024-03-21T15:15:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T12:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/74510\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"warsaw-records-80000-illegal-border-crossings-from-belarus-since-2021","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/74510\/","title":{"rendered":"Warsaw records 80,000 illegal border crossings  from Belarus since 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/straz-graniczna-744-12.12.2023.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/straz-graniczna-744-12.12.2023.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/straz-graniczna-744-12.12.2023-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Polish Border Guard)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 21, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Polish border guards have recorded more than 80,000 attempts by illegal migrants to cross from Belarus into Poland since the start of the 2021 migrant crisis, <em>infosecurity24.pl<\/em> reported, citing Polish Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 42,000 illegal migrants were arrested, he told MPs from the national defense and the administration and internal affairs committees that examine the government\u2019s actions on protecting Poland\u2019s eastern borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tactics and the main directions of migration flows have not changed, Tomczyk noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Warsaw reportedly spent nearly $375 million to protect its shared border with Belarus during 2021-2023. Polish defense ministry plans to allocate about $215 million in 2024, the official announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2023, Warsaw completed the construction of a 206-km long fence on the Polish-Belarusian border. In mid-February, Prime Minister Donald Tusk urged to modernize it as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of 2024, the European Union has stopped at least 2,525 third-country nationals trying to cross from Belarus, 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>On Wednesday, the number of illegal border crossings via Belarus hit a record high this year with 178 attempts, including 122 attempts thwarted by Poland.<\/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>In August 2023, 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\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 21, Pozirk. Polish border guards have recorded more than 80,000 attempts by illegal migrants to cross from Belarus into Poland since the start of the 2021 migrant crisis, infosecurity24.pl reported, citing Polish Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk. More than 42,000 illegal migrants were arrested, he told MPs from the national defense and the administration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":55059,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-74510","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Warsaw records 80,000 illegal border crossings from Belarus since 2021 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 21, Pozirk. 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