Belarus and Poland

Poland to build wall on its border with Belarus

Poland to build wall on its border with Belarus

The Polish government has signed deals with several local companies to build a wall along its border with Belarus, Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Wasik announced on Tuesday. The barrier is built on the basis of a law on border security …

Polish police stabilizes riot in migrant detention center

Polish police stabilizes riot in migrant detention center

Polish law enforcement managed to stabilize the situation in the guarded detention center for illegal immigrants, where the detainees started a riot earlier, the local police said in its Twitter. According to the police, all rioters …

Polish PM: flow of migrants to Belarus stemmed

Polish PM: flow of migrants to Belarus stemmed

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Warsaw's diplomatic efforts were helping reduce the numbers of migrants travelling to Belarus in the hope of entering the EU, but Poland and its neighbours warned the border crisis was far from …

Breakthrough attempts reduced at Poland border

Breakthrough attempts reduced at Poland border

The Polish border service reported a decrease in the number of attempts made by illegal migrants to break into the country from Belarus. "Yesterday, there were several attempts to cross the border by force. The largest group …

Belarus border crisis: Poland detains 100 migrants

Belarus border crisis: Poland detains 100 migrants

The Polish Defense Ministry reported Thursday that there had been numerous attempts to cross the border from Belarus. It said on Twitter that around 100 migrants had been detained. As regional leaders consider the next step in …

Poland to build wall on border with Belarus

Poland to build wall on border with Belarus

Poland intends to strengthen its border security by the end of 2022, the head of the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mariusz Kamiński said. "We want the fence to be installed by the end of the first half of 2022, it will be a …

Poland ready to cut railroad connection with Belarus

Poland ready to cut railroad connection with Belarus

Poland is ready to block railway connections with Belarus and forbid the traffic between two countries, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland, Mariusz Kamiński, said. “They [the Belarusian authorities] know we can …

Putin explains sharp influx of migrants to EU through Belarus

Putin explains sharp influx of migrants to EU through Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that migrants are trying to get to the European Union through Minsk because of visa-free entry to Belarus. “The migrants are discovering the other routes, it is not surprising that they have …