“37 foreigners, including: Citizens of Syria, Ethiopia and Pakistan tried to get from Belarus to Poland in the last 24 hours,” the Border Guard reported. She also published a video showing migrants in the forest.
Young men trying to illegally cross the border from Belarus into Poland use the forest as tactical cover. #PSGCzeremcha foreigners behaved arrogantly, made offensive gestures and showed their attitude towards Polish services, but also towards Poles and Poles
– wrote the border guard.
The Border Guard announced on Twitter that a group of 20 foreigners, who according to the Border Guard were helped by Belarusian services, were detained in the section protected by border guards from the outpost in Czeremcha. The detained foreigners included citizens from Syria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pakistan and India.
Fence and dam
According to Border Guard data, 21,000 people have been at the Polish-Belarusian border since the beginning of this year. tries to cross it illegally. In September there were about 400 attempts to cross the Polish-Belarusian border illegally, and in August there were – according to Border Guard statistics – 2.8 thousand. attempts. This year, migrants from 50 different countries were detected at the border with Belarus.
On the 186 km long border with Belarus, a 5.5 meter high steel barrier was built in 2022, which is the most important element to secure this border against illegal migration. It is supplemented by a system of cameras and sensors, installed 206 km from this border and fully used by the Polish border services.
In 2024, construction of such an electronic dam will also begin along the Bug in Lubelskie Voivodeship, and Świsłocza and Istoczanka in Podlaskie Voivodeship. The companies that will build the dam must be selected by the end of 2023 and the investment will be financed from EU funds. Cameras and motion sensors will be installed on the banks along the border road.
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Source: wPolityce