More than 170 attempts to cross the border illegally in two days

Over the past two days, more than 170 attempts to illegally cross the border from Belarus into Poland have been recorded, the Border Guard said in its report. Some of these attempts were carried out on three border rivers.

The tests took place in Podlaskie, on sections protected by the Border Guard posts in Białowieża, Krynki, Płaska, Bobrowniki, Szudziałów, Narewka and Mielnik – the Podlaski Branch of the Border Guard in Białystok reported.

On Wednesday, more than 90 attempts to illegally enter Poland were recorded, and on Thursday, more than 80. Some of these attempts took place on three border rivers: Wołkuszanka, Świsłocz and Bug. Among those detained were citizens of Afghanistan, Somalia and Congo. Since the beginning of the year, attempts to illegally cross from Belarus into Poland by people from 44 countries have been recorded on the section of the border under the responsibility of the Podlasie Border Guard Unit.

Data from the Podlaskie Border Guard Branch show that since the beginning of the year there have been 22,000 attempts to illegally cross the border from Belarus into Poland in Podlaskie. Since the beginning of August, more than 1,100 such attempts have been recorded. In July there were more than 1,300, and in June more than 3,700.

Buffer zone

Since June 13, a buffer zone with a ban on staying has been in force on a section of approximately 60 km of the border with Belarus in Hajnówka County (Podlaskie Voivodeship). It was introduced for 90 days on the basis of the regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration. For more than 40 km it is not allowed to stay in a strip 200 meters wide from the border line, for 16 km the strip is approximately 2 km wide.

According to the Ministry of Interior and Administration, the zone is functioning well and since its introduction, the number of attempts to cross the border illegally has decreased by 70%. According to representatives of this ministry, this decrease was also influenced by the presence of preventive police forces at the border.

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MD/PAP