Poland says Belarus still bringing migrants to its border
3 years, 1 month ago

Poland says Belarus still bringing migrants to its border

Al Jazeera  

Polish border guard said Belarusian servicemen brought about 100 migrants and refugees to its frontier on Saturday night. Poland has accused Belarus of continuing to ferry migrants to its border despite clearing camps close to the frontier earlier this week, as the country’s prime minister started a tour of Baltic states to seek support in the crisis. The border guard said the incident took place shortly before midnight on Saturday near the Polish village of Czeremcha. Belarusian security forces drove the group to the border in a truck and provided them with wooden boards to get over the barbed wire, a spokesperson for the Polish border guard said, adding that the guards were pelted with stones and blinded with laser beams.

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Why is Belarus amassing troops along its border with Ukraine?
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Why is Belarus amassing troops along its border with Ukraine?

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine has called on Belarus to pull back its forces from the border amid new regional tensions after Kursk incursion in Russia. Ukraine has asked Belarus to pull back forces that it has sent to their border amid rising military tensions between the neighbours following the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. Late on Sunday, Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs …

Poland reintroduces restrictions on accessing areas along Belarus border due to migration pressure
6 months, 1 week ago

Poland reintroduces restrictions on accessing areas along Belarus border due to migration pressure

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Poland on Thursday reintroduced restrictions on movement along parts of the border with Belarus because of increased migration pressure that has involved violence against Polish security officials. The ban taking effect Thursday will be valid for 90 days and affects 60 kilometers of the land border between NATO member Poland and Belarus, an autocratic state aligned with …

Poland reintroduces restrictions on accessing areas along Belarus border due to migration pressure
6 months, 1 week ago

Poland reintroduces restrictions on accessing areas along Belarus border due to migration pressure

The Independent  

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Poland honors soldier who was fatally stabbed by migrant at border with Belarus
6 months, 1 week ago

Poland honors soldier who was fatally stabbed by migrant at border with Belarus

The Independent  

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Poland honors soldier who was fatally stabbed by migrant at border with Belarus
6 months, 1 week ago

Poland honors soldier who was fatally stabbed by migrant at border with Belarus

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Sirens wailed and lawmakers in the Polish parliament observed a minute of silence on Wednesday to honor a young soldier who was fatally stabbed at the Polish-Belarusian border during a migration crisis that Poland says has been engineered by Russia and Belarus. In Warsaw, the speaker of parliament, Szymon Holownia, asked lawmakers to “honor the sacrifice of …

Polish soldier stabbed at the Belarus border dies of his injuries as pressure from migrants rises
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Polish soldier stabbed at the Belarus border dies of his injuries as pressure from migrants rises

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — A Polish soldier who was stabbed last month at the eastern border with Belarus has died, Poland’s military said Thursday. “A young soldier, Mateusz, gave his life in the defense of Poland’s border,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on the social platform X. The Polish foreign ministry on Thursday summoned the Belarusian charge d’affaires, demanding that Minsk …

Why Poland says Russia and Belarus are weaponizing migration to benefit Europe’s far-right
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Poland says Russia and Belarus are weaponizing migration to benefit Europe’s far-right

Associated Press  

POLAND-BELARUS BORDER, Poland — A Somali woman pushes her bandaged hand between two vertical bars of a thick metal barrier separating Belarus from Poland as she and four other women gaze toward the European Union. Poland and the EU say migrants — who have trekked to former Soviet countries from as far away as the Middle East and Africa — …

Poland’s leader says the border with Belarus will be further fortified after a soldier is stabbed
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Poland’s leader says the border with Belarus will be further fortified after a soldier is stabbed

Associated Press  

DUBICZE CERKIEWNE, Poland — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday that its forces would further fortify the border with Belarus and can use “all available means” to defend the NATO nation’s frontier, after a soldier was seriously wounded with a knife by a migrant. Tusk said that a buffer zone some 200 meters wide would be set up along …

Poland's leader says the border with Belarus will be further fortified after a soldier is stabbed
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Poland's leader says the border with Belarus will be further fortified after a soldier is stabbed

The Independent  

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Lithuania to close 2 more checkpoints with Russian ally Belarus as tensions along border rise
10 months ago

Lithuania to close 2 more checkpoints with Russian ally Belarus as tensions along border rise

LA Times  

Lithuanian soldiers patrol a road near the Lithuania-Belarus border near the village of Jaskonys, about 100 miles south of the capital, Vilnius, on Nov. 13, 2021. Lithuania decided Wednesday to seal off another two of its six checkpoints with Belarus as of next month, amid growing tensions with its eastern neighbor, an ally of Russia. Wednesday’s decision was fueled “by …

Lithuania to temporarily close two checkpoints with Belarus amid tensions on border
1 year, 4 months ago

Lithuania to temporarily close two checkpoints with Belarus amid tensions on border

The Independent  

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Latvia sends soldiers to boost security on border with Belarus
1 year, 4 months ago

Latvia sends soldiers to boost security on border with Belarus

Al Jazeera  

Latvia says country is facing increased ‘hybrid threats’ and blames Belarusian authorities of involvement in encouraging people to cross border. Latvia’s defence minister has ordered the army to help guard the country’s border with Belarus amid what was described as “hybrid threats” facing the country and as a reported 96 attempts were made by people to cross the border in …

Polish minister says reinforcement at the border with Belarus is due to hostile rhetoric and actions
1 year, 4 months ago

Polish minister says reinforcement at the border with Belarus is due to hostile rhetoric and actions

Associated Press  

JARYLOWKA, Poland — Poland’s defense minister said Saturday that the country has increased the number of troops protecting its border with Belarus as a deterrent amid “destabilizing” actions by its pro-Russian neighbor. Also a pro-government group in Belarus recently alleged that Poland’s politicians, who support Ukraine in its war against Russia’s aggression, were “igniting the fire of war with their …

Poland plans to deploy 10,000 troops to its border with Belarus
1 year, 4 months ago

Poland plans to deploy 10,000 troops to its border with Belarus

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Poland intends to put 10,000 soldiers along its border with Belarus, the country’s defense minister said Thursday as Warsaw worries about the presence of Russian-linked mercenaries in Belarus and migrants trying to cross the border without authorization. Separately, the Polish military said it was searching an area near the border with Belarus for a lost fuse from …

Poland to send up to 10,000 soldiers to border with Belarus
1 year, 4 months ago

Poland to send up to 10,000 soldiers to border with Belarus

Al Jazeera  

Poland has expressed concerns about the border area since hundreds of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries arrived in Belarus last month. Poland is planning to move up to 10,000 additional troops to the border with Belarus to support the border guard force, according to Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak. Poland has worried increasingly about the border area since hundreds of battle-hardened Wagner mercenaries …

Poland to move 10,000 troops to border near Belarus as Wagner threat grows
1 year, 4 months ago

Poland to move 10,000 troops to border near Belarus as Wagner threat grows

India TV News  

The Polish Defense Minister on Thursday said that the government is planning to deploy at least 10,000 troops along its border with neighbouring Belarus to prepare for a possible altercation with Wagner mercenary forces and migants trying to illegally cross the border. Additional 2,000 troops would be sent to the border over the next two weeks to double Poland's military …

Poland to double troops number at border with Belarus, accuses it of organizing illegal migration
1 year, 4 months ago

Poland to double troops number at border with Belarus, accuses it of organizing illegal migration

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — The Polish government announced Wednesday that it is planning to deploy an additional 2,000 troops to its border with Belarus, twice the number the Border Guard agency had requested, as fears of illegal migration rise. In an interview with state news agency PAP, a deputy interior minister, Maciej Wasik announced the decision and accused the Belarusian authorities …

Poland and Lithuania say they fear provocations from Russia and Belarus at NATO's eastern flank
1 year, 4 months ago

Poland and Lithuania say they fear provocations from Russia and Belarus at NATO's eastern flank

The Independent  

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Poland and Lithuania say they fear provocations from Russia and Belarus at NATO’s eastern flank
1 year, 4 months ago

Poland and Lithuania say they fear provocations from Russia and Belarus at NATO’s eastern flank

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Polish and Lithuanian leaders held an urgent meeting Thursday in a strategically sensitive area where their NATO nations border Belarus and the Russian territory of Kaliningrad, warning that they are bracing for provocations from Moscow and Minsk in the area. Both nations on NATO’s eastern flank have increased their border security following the arrival of thousands of …

Poland, Lithuania fear new migrant crisis due to Belarus’ offer of visa-free travel
1 year, 6 months ago

Poland, Lithuania fear new migrant crisis due to Belarus’ offer of visa-free travel

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarus is introducing a visa-free travel arrangement with dozens of countries for a month, raising fears that neighboring Poland and Lithuania might see a sudden increase in unauthorized migration. The authoritarian president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, signed a decree allowing citizens of 73 countries — including ones in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America — to …

Migrants with children stuck at Poland’s border wall; activists say Belarus won’t let them turn back
1 year, 6 months ago

Migrants with children stuck at Poland’s border wall; activists say Belarus won’t let them turn back

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — A group of some 30 migrants seeking asylum, including small children, has been stuck at Poland’s border wall with Belarus for three days, Polish human rights activists said Sunday. Although the migrants were outside Poland’s border wall, activists from Grupa Granica said they were on Polish territory and Belarus was not allowing them to turn back. A …

Belarus claims Ukraine army groups have massed at border, risking its security
1 year, 10 months ago

Belarus claims Ukraine army groups have massed at border, risking its security

ABC  

Belarus has claimed there was a significant grouping of Ukrainian troops massed near its border and warned that this posed a threat to its security. Key points: President Lukashenko allowed Russia to launch part of its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine from Belarus Belarus's professional army has about 48,000 troops and some 12,000 state border troops The new territorial defence …

Poland sees rise of African migrants coming through Russia
2 years, 4 months ago

Poland sees rise of African migrants coming through Russia

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Polish officials on Thursday reported a change in migration patterns across the country’s border with Belarus, with Africans who first traveled to Russia making up most of those seeking to enter Poland illegally by that route instead of people from the Mideast. The government said the African migrants include individuals passing through Russia, a close ally and …

Poland completes Belarus border wall to keep migrants out
2 years, 5 months ago

Poland completes Belarus border wall to keep migrants out

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — A year after migrants started crossing into the European Union from Belarus to Poland, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and top security officials visited the border area on Thursday to mark the completion of a new steel wall. “The first sign of the war in Ukraine was Alexander Lukashenko’s attack on the Polish border with Belarus,” Morawiecki …

Poland completes Belarus border wall to keep migrants out
2 years, 5 months ago

Poland completes Belarus border wall to keep migrants out

The Independent  

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Poland completes Belarus border wall to keep asylum seekers out
2 years, 5 months ago

Poland completes Belarus border wall to keep asylum seekers out

Al Jazeera  

Poland continues to welcome millions of Ukrainians, while pushing back asylum seekers from the Middle East and Africa. Poland has completed building a new steel wall at its border with Belarus to curb the flow of undocumented asylum seekers. Belarus had never before been a key migration route into the EU – until its President Alexander Lukashenko began encouraging would-be …

Poland to end state of emergency along border with Belarus
2 years, 6 months ago

Poland to end state of emergency along border with Belarus

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s government announced Thursday that it will lift a state of emergency on July 1 along its border with Belarus as it completes the construction of a wall aimed at stopping migrants and refugees. Poland began building the wall and restricted the rights of most people to enter the border area after large number of migrants, most …

Poland-Belarus border: The people pushed back in a Polish forest
2 years, 6 months ago

Poland-Belarus border: The people pushed back in a Polish forest

Al Jazeera  

Listen to this story: Białystok, Poland – Mahir* and Hasan* wove their way through a forest in eastern Poland. The pair were able to cross into Poland and avoid Polish border guards, who have been accused of “pushbacks” of non-European refugees and migrants entering their country via the “red zone” – a 3km-wide strip running along the roughly 400km border …

Non-white refugees fleeing Ukraine detained in EU immigration facilities
2 years, 9 months ago

Non-white refugees fleeing Ukraine detained in EU immigration facilities

The Independent  

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More than 2.5 million Ukrainians have fled their country since Russia’s invasion. Here’s where they are now
2 years, 9 months ago

More than 2.5 million Ukrainians have fled their country since Russia’s invasion. Here’s where they are now

CNN  

CNN — In the span of just two weeks, millions of Ukrainian refugees have been forced to flee as the brutal Russian invasion of their homeland continues. While many residents in the central and eastern portions of the country have relocated to western Ukraine and away from the front lines, more than 2.5 million Ukrainians have left entirely following Russia’s …

At Ukrainian border, overwhelmed guards, volunteers confront exodus of refugees
2 years, 9 months ago

At Ukrainian border, overwhelmed guards, volunteers confront exodus of refugees

Live Mint  

Within days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week, the line of cars carrying people fleeing to the country’s border with Poland was already 55 miles long. In just a week since the war with Russia began, more than one million refugees have left Ukraine, most headed west into Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Moldova. On the eve of the …

As foreigners in Ukraine also flee war, some report mistreatment
2 years, 9 months ago

As foreigners in Ukraine also flee war, some report mistreatment

LA Times  

A student covers herself in blanket at the Medyka border crossing in Poland after fleeing from Ukraine. At a refugee center set up in Bucharest, Romania’s capital, some Indian citizens told the Associated Press on Tuesday that Ukrainian border guards gave fellow Ukrainians priority in getting out of the country and attempted to physically push non-Ukrainians back. Poland’s ambassador to …

Ukrainians are fleeing to Poland, but some are returning home for their families
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukrainians are fleeing to Poland, but some are returning home for their families

NPR  

Ukrainians are fleeing to Poland, but some are returning home for their families Enlarge this image toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Claire Harbage/NPR Thousands of Ukranians and residents of Ukraine are fleeing the country and entering Poland following Russia's invasion last week. Poland has set up several refugee shelters along the border. But some are returning to Ukraine to get to …

‘It was hell’: Long lines of Ukrainian refugees at Poland border
2 years, 9 months ago

‘It was hell’: Long lines of Ukrainian refugees at Poland border

Al Jazeera  

Polish government says more than 115,000 Ukrainian refugees have crossed over, most from the main border crossing of Medyka. Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, more than 115,000 refugees have crossed into Poland, the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Saturday. Ukrainian refugees also complained about waiting hours to receive the Polish stamp, lack …

Fleeing to the border: Over 150,000 Ukrainians seek refuge
2 years, 9 months ago

Fleeing to the border: Over 150,000 Ukrainians seek refuge

Associated Press  

MEDYKA, Poland — Dragging suitcases and carrying children, tens of thousands of Ukrainians rushed to the borders Saturday as invading Russian troops pressed on with their march toward Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv. At least 150,000 people have fled Ukraine into Poland and other neighboring countries in the wake of the Russian invasion, the U.N. refugee agency said Saturday. Even Hungarian …

Photos: Ukrainians flee to borders en masse
2 years, 9 months ago

Photos: Ukrainians flee to borders en masse

Al Jazeera  

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians are fleeing from the war and crossing borders to the west in search of safety as Russia pounded their capital and other cities with air raids. Cars were backed up for several kilometres at some border crossings as authorities in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova mobilised to receive them, offering shelter, food and legal …

Ukraine: Tens of thousands flee to Poland amid Russian attacks
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine: Tens of thousands flee to Poland amid Russian attacks

Al Jazeera  

Nine reception centres have been set up along the border in Poland, which already has a community of 1.5 million Ukrainians. Poland’s Deputy Interior Minister Pawel Szefernaker Saturday said 115,000 people had crossed the border into Poland from Ukraine since Russia’s invasion started this week. “At this moment, there are 115,000 people who have crossed the Ukrainian-Polish border since the …

Poland begins work on $400m Belarus border wall against refugees
2 years, 11 months ago

Poland begins work on $400m Belarus border wall against refugees

Al Jazeera  

Polish contractors have begun work on a new 353 million euro wall along the Belarus border aimed at deterring refugee crossings following a crisis in the area last year. Thousands of refugees and migrants – mostly from the Middle East – crossed or attempted to cross the border from Belarus into Poland last year. It also built a razor-wire fence …

Latvia, Lithuania, Poland rapped over Belarus border methods
2 years, 11 months ago

Latvia, Lithuania, Poland rapped over Belarus border methods

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Latvia, Lithuania and Poland continue to use questionable methods to keep out migrants trying to enter from Belarus and are denying access to aid groups trying to help people stuck in border areas, senior U.N. refugee agency and European Union officials said Thursday. She did say that border tensions have “de-escalated significantly,” and that the EU has helped …

Migrants camped in Belarus warehouse still hope to reach Europe
3 years ago

Migrants camped in Belarus warehouse still hope to reach Europe

The Independent  

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‘Go through,’ Lukashenko tells migrants at Belarus-Poland border
3 years ago

‘Go through,’ Lukashenko tells migrants at Belarus-Poland border

The Independent  

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A new humanitarian crisis unfolds at the Polish-Belarusian border
3 years, 1 month ago

A new humanitarian crisis unfolds at the Polish-Belarusian border

Al Jazeera  

For weeks, a large group of people, mostly from the Middle East, has been stranded in Belarus at a border crossing with Poland, trapped as forces from the two countries face off against each other. The West has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of luring the refugees and migrants to the border to use them as pawns to destabilise the …

What next for the refugees stranded between Belarus and Poland?
3 years, 1 month ago

What next for the refugees stranded between Belarus and Poland?

Al Jazeera  

Even if Belarus and the EU reach a deal, analysts say refugees may be long left in limbo at the border or in detention centres. Although Dennison said Belarus’ approach was unlikely to work, he predicted the EU and Minsk may eventually agree on “some face-saving measure” that involve people being returned to their countries of origin, “possibly paid for …

Belarus says more than 100 refugees flown home
3 years, 1 month ago

Belarus says more than 100 refugees flown home

Al Jazeera  

Minsk claims further repatriation flights will take place on Tuesday as the border crisis rumbles on. The group of 118 people left on Monday from the country’s national airport in the capital, Minsk, the head of the migration department at Belarus’s interior ministry, Alexei Begun, told state news agency BELTA on Tuesday. Critics say Belarus is trying to destabilise Europe …

Lukashenko warns against flare-up with Poland over border crisis
3 years, 1 month ago

Lukashenko warns against flare-up with Poland over border crisis

Al Jazeera  

Belarusian president calls for European powers to work with Minsk but Berlin rejects proposal to take in 2,000 people. President Alexander Lukashenko has said Belarus seeks no confrontation with Poland but wants European powers to work with Minsk to resolve the migration crisis along his country’s border with Poland, adding that if the crisis deteriorated “too far, war is unavoidable”. …

The victims of the Belarus border crisis were obvious. For Poland’s government, it was a useful distraction
3 years, 1 month ago

The victims of the Belarus border crisis were obvious. For Poland’s government, it was a useful distraction

CNN  

CNN — It was clear who the losers were in the dispute between Poland and Belarus. But Dempsey added: “With this whole crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border, Law and Justice now is seen as a champion of protecting Polish sovereignty and, of course, protecting Europe.” State of emergency The decision by Poland’s government – which also opposed taking in refugees …

Poland: Belarus eyes using Afghan migrants as border pawns
3 years, 1 month ago

Poland: Belarus eyes using Afghan migrants as border pawns

LA Times  

A Muslim community buried a Yemeni migrant, Mustafa Mohammed Murshed Raimi, in Bohoniki, Poland, on Sunday. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki spoke in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, following talks with Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte about ways of solving the “very difficult situation” at the borders of EU members with Belarus. Poland’s Border Guard said Sunday it prevented a forceful …

Belarus bringing hundreds in trucks to cross into EU: Poland
3 years, 1 month ago

Belarus bringing hundreds in trucks to cross into EU: Poland

Al Jazeera  

Despite diplomatic attempts to ease the crisis, Warsaw says it has detained more people who tried to enter the EU overnight. Polish Border Guard spokeswoman Anna Michalska said on Friday that a group of 500 people had tried to enter the European Union member state on Thursday evening, aided by Belarusian authorities who had earlier cleared the main camps at …

Baby dies, woman miscarries near Poland-Belarus border
3 years, 1 month ago

Baby dies, woman miscarries near Poland-Belarus border

Al Jazeera  

As the migration crisis persists, a Syrian woman found by medical volunteers in Poland says her one-year-old has died, while another refugee is treated after miscarrying. Their cases add to a growing number of reports of people suffering from health issues such as hunger and hypothermia as they camp out in the Polish forests near the Belarusian border, hiding from …

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