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June 23, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> “In view of Belarus’ actions, we are considering closing all border crossings,” said Rados\u0142aw Sikorski, the Polish foreign minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, Business Insider Polska<\/em> quoted<\/a> him as telling TVN24<\/em>: “We are examining whether this is harmful to the economy.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top diplomat spoke about the operation of checkpoints at the border with Belarus in the context of a migration crisis. He cited the experience of Finland, which stopped the inflow of illegal migrants by completely closing its border with Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only two border crossings remain open on the Polish-Belarusian border: Terespol for passenger transport and Kukuryki for freight transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traffic through Ku\u017anica was suspended indefinitely in November 2021 and through Bobrowniki in February 2023 after Belarus sentenced Andrej Pa\u010dobut, a Polish minority activist and journalist, to eight years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warsaw, Riga and Vilnius call the migration crisis, which began in the spring of 2021, a “hybrid attack” organized by Minsk and Moscow. Since the beginning of this year, EU countries have stopped 22,100 illegal entry attempts from Belarus. Poland alone has recorded 19,300 attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 6, the Polish General Command reported the death of Mateusz Sitek, a private of the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade stabbed at the border with Belarus on May 28. The soldier was reportedly attacked by a person trying to cross the the border illegally with a large group of migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 13, Poland established a buffer zone at the border with Belarus. According to the Polish interior ministry, it has helped reduce incidents by about a third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Polish border area entry ban helps combat illegal migration but attacks continue<\/h3>\n
June 21, Pozirk. The number of illegal border crossings between Belarus and Poland has plunged 30 percent since June 13, when Warsaw enacted a 90-day border area entry ban, the Polish interior ministry reported. Polish border guards registered about 750 …<\/div>\n \n