{"id":78209,"date":"2024-04-08T12:06:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T09:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/78209\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"queues-at-belarus-eu-borders-growing","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/78209\/","title":{"rendered":"Queues at Belarus-EU borders growing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Beniakoni border crossing on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (Pul 4 Region Telegram channel)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

April 8, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The queue of passenger cars, buses and trucks waiting to enter the European Union from Belarus keeps growing, Pozirk<\/em>‘s analysis of the State Border Committee data showed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of 10 am on April 8, 735 passenger cars were waiting to leave for the EU at Belarusian checkpoints, including 500 Poland-bound vehicles and 35 buses in Brest and 235 cars at the border with Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of 2,490 trucks are awaiting border processing, including 830 at the Latvian border and 1,660 at the Lithuanian border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian border guards regularly accuse their EU counterparts of slow clearance of trucks and sometimes even inaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, Belarus\u2019 Western neighbors closed several border crossings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August 2023, Lithuania closed its \u0160umskas and Tvere\u010dius checkpoints, and in March 2024, Lavori\u0161k\u0117s and Raigardas, leaving only Medininkai and \u0160al\u010dininkai to handle the cross-border traffic. Vilnius cited national security, smuggling and international sanctions as the reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2023, after Belarus had sentenced journalist and Polish minority activist Andrej Pa\u010dobut (Andrzej Poczobut) to eight years in prison, Poland closed a key crossing at the shared border, Bobrowniki, until further notice. Currently, travelers can cross the Polish-Belarusian border only in Terespol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September 2023, Latvia closed the Silene border crossing indefinitely, citing concerns about illegal migration from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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