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Over 550 Illegal Crossing Attempts From Belarus Recorded at Polish Border in Three Days
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Polish border guards have recorded more than 500 attempts to illegally cross into Poland from Belarus over the past three days, the country’s Border Guard Service reported via X on August 11.
According to the press service, officers from the Podlaskie branch documented over 550 such attempts during this period.
The service also released video footage showing several incidents in which migrants managed to climb over the main five-meter barrier before being stopped on the Polish side.
“Several times, there were aggressive actions from individuals on the other side of the technical barrier—migrants threw stones and branches at Polish patrols,” the statement said.
W trakcie ostatnich 3⃣ dni funkcjonariusze #PodlaskiOddziałSG odnotowali ponad 5⃣5⃣0⃣ prób nielegalnego przekroczenia polsko-białoruskiej 🇵🇱🇧🇾 granicy❗️.
— Straż Graniczna (@Straz_Graniczna) August 11, 2025
Kilkukrotnie dochodziło też do agresywnych zachowań ze strony osób znajdujących się za techniczną zaporą. Migranci rzucali w… pic.twitter.com/FB35VuKtts
Previously, Poland’s Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has warned of a sharp escalation in migrant activity along the Polish-Belarusian border, accusing Belarus—and by extension, Russia—of orchestrating aggressive attempts to breach Poland’s border defenses.
“Migrants are throwing rocks, branches, and even using angle grinders to try to cut through the barrier,” Kosiniak-Kamysz stated following a night that saw hundreds of attempts to illegally cross into Polish territory.
He added that the surge in violent crossings is not a spontaneous migration wave, but a deliberate hybrid operation designed to destabilize Poland and the broader European Union.
In response to the growing threat, Poland plans to complete construction of a border wall along its 400-kilometer frontier with Belarus by mid-2025. Warsaw has described the influx of migrants as a hybrid warfare tactic orchestrated by Russia.
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Maciej Dusić, Deputy Minister for Migration, said that the remaining sections of the barrier are expected to be finished by the middle of 2025. Once completed, he noted, the security level at the border will reach “nearly 100%.”
Construction of the wall began in late 2021 after Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko facilitated the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants to the Polish border. Many had obtained visas for direct flights from the Middle East and Africa to Moscow or Minsk, from where they were transported by bus to the border zone with Poland.
Earlier, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia called on the European Union to provide funding for the construction of a defense line along the bloc’s 700-kilometer border with Russia and Belarus, aiming to safeguard the EU against military threats and other hostile actions from Moscow.
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