The Polish border with Belarus is now guarded by almost 6,000 soldiers
Warsaw, Oct. 19, LETA – REUTERS. Nearly 6,000 soldiers now guard the Polish border with Belarus, Polish Defense Minister Marjush Blaschak said on Tuesday.
With the deployment of additional troops, the army’s presence at the border has almost doubled. Just Saturday, Blaschak said that about 3,000 soldiers were guarding the border.
“Soldiers provide support to the border guard, protecting the state border and preventing it from crossing illegally,” the minister said.
The border guards reported 612 attempts to cross the border illegally on Monday.
As part of an extensive hybrid attack on the regime of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, efforts have been made in recent months to send thousands of illegal immigrants to Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, most of whom have arrived in Belarus as tourists from Iraq.
The EU has accused the Minsk regime of seeking to avenge support for the Belarusian opposition and of sanctions against Belarus in response to last year’s violent crackdown on protests.
Poland has declared a state of emergency on the border with Belarus and plans to build a solid fence on the border.
The Polish parliament has also passed an amendment to the law that allows migrants to be pushed out of the border and asylum applications from illegal immigrants to be ignored.
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