Heats up, 50 migrants storm into Poland from heavily guarded Belarus

OLD MAN – About 50 migrants stormed into the side of the border Poland with Belarus, with 22 of them detained. The news was revealed by the Podlaska provincial police on Sunday (11/14/2021).

“Yesterday, before 5pm, about 50 people broke into Poland near Starzyn. Twenty-one police officers, as well as soldiers and Border Guard officers, joined the search for migrants crossing the border illegally. Police officers detained 22 Iraqis,” police tweeted. Poland.

Poland has stepped up security measures at the border as large groups of migrants have gathered at the Belarusian-Polish border in hopes of crossing into the European Union (EU) territory.

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On Saturday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell discussed the situation on the Belarusian-Polish border with the foreign ministers of Poland and Lithuania.

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He said the issue would also be raised at the European Union’s Council for Foreign Affairs (FAC) next week.

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Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik said on Saturday that Minsk did not see the European Union making serious efforts to enter into dialogue with Belarus to resolve the ongoing migrant crisis.

Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have accused Belarus of orchestrating the migrant crisis to get back to Brussels over sanctions against the government of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

The Belarusian leader has rejected the accusations, saying his cash-strapped country can no longer afford strict border controls.

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