A spokesman for the Minister of the Interior and Administration Jacek Dobrzyński published on the website X recordings, which show a group of people trying to cross the border near Mielnik illegally. The group of people was also to be an officer of the Belarusian service who threw stones in Polish uniformed.
“The border near Mielnik. Dozens of people are trying to overcome security by trying to break into Poland illegally” – described the recordings Jacek Dobrzyński, spokesman for the Minister of the Interior and Administration. He added that after the appearance of the border guard, the attackers began to throw stones at the oncoming car.
“In the group of aggressors, the camera registers the uniformed officer of the Belarusian service, which also attacks our uniformed stones. Thanks to the quick and effective reaction of border guards and soldiers, no one managed to invade our country. The Polish border is tight. There is no transition.” – wrote Dobrzyński.
Crisis caused by Lukashenko
Migration crisis at the borders of Belarus with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia He was caused by Alaksander Lukashenko, who is accused of waging a hybrid war. It involves the organized transfer of migrants on the territory of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. In more than 28 years of his rule, Lukashenko has often threatened Europe with a weakening of borders.
The action of downloading migrants to Belarus from the Middle East or Africa, in order to cause a migration crisis, was described on his blog by a journalist of the Belarusian opposition channel Next Tadeusz Giczan. He explained that the Belarusian services in this way conducted the “lock” surgery 10 years ago. Under the guise of trips to Minsk, promising to move to Western Europe, Lukashenko's regime brought thousands of migrants to Belarus. Then he transports them to the borders of the EU countries, where Belarusian services force them to cross them illegally. This operation is still going on.
Temporary restriction of the right to asylum
On the 186-kilometer border with Belarus, there is a 5.5-meter steel dam built in 2022. It is the main element of securing this border against illegal migration. It is complemented by the so -called electronic barrier, which includes a dam and river sections. Last year, both dams were modernized, additional horizontal spans were installed on Stalowa, as well as concertin coils.
From June 13, 2024, a buffer zone has been operating on the Podlasie section of the Polish-Belarusian border, which was introduced on the basis of the regulation Of the Ministry of Interior and Administration. For the third time (from March 10 this year) it was extended for the next 90 days and extended. It currently covers the length of the border over a section of 78.29 kilometers in the Hajnów poviat and part of the Białystok poviat – it is about the area of operation of the Border Guard facilities in Michałów, Narewka, Białowieża, Dubicza Cerkiewne and cherry. At nearly 60 kilometers of the border, you must not stay in a belt 200 meters wide from the border line, while on a section of over 15 kilometers located in the area of nature reserves, the PAS is about 2 kilometers wide, and on a section of nearly 3.8 kilometers the width of the zone is about 4 kilometers.
On March 27, the Regulation entered into force on the temporary limitation of the right to submit an application for international protection. Limiting the right to asylum will apply for 60 days and may be extended – after consent by the Sejm – for a period not longer than the next 60 days.
Aid organizations about the situation on the border
Organizations providing humanitarian aid on the Polish-Belarusian border say that despite changing the government in Poland against migrants, the law is still broken. They argue that they have documented cases of throwing people abroad with Belarus who clearly asked for international protection and the presence of volunteers. During one of the press conferences, a drastic film was presented by the Volunteer Humanitarian Emergency Service, which shows the dragging of the woman's inert body through the gate in the border fence and abandoning her on the other side.
Assistance organizations demand that the government restore the rule of law on the Polish-Belarusian border, conducting a policy of protecting borders with respect for international and domestic law guaranteeing access to the procedure for applying for international protection and compliance with the non-refourent principle, initiating the administrative proceedings provided for by the right to persons crossing the border, immediately stopping the border at the border to be responsible guilty of violence.
“We know about people in severe health thrown out of military ambulances, as well as explored straight from the hospitals. Men, women with children and minor, without care, are accompanied by the wires and the border. Receiving backpacks with provisions and clean water.
Read more on tvn24.pl: Crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border
Author/author: Mart/FT
Source: tvn24.pl, PAP
Source of the main photo: Jacek Dobrzyński/x