Last large group of migrants brought from Moscow in organised manner – Polish border guards
Polish border guards have turned back 105 people on the border with Belarus over the past day and say they were brought from Russia in an organised manner.
Source: European Pravda; statement by the Polish Border Service, published on the morning of 11 August.
Border guards noted that during the day on 10 August, 105 foreign citizens – from Sri Lanka, Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia – tried to cross the Polish border illegally.
W dn.10.08 do🇵🇱próbowało nielegalnie przedostać się z🇧🇾105 cudzoziemców m. in. ob.Sri Lanki,Sudanu,Iranu,Egiptu i Etiopii.
— Straż Graniczna (@Straz_Graniczna) August 11, 2023
Zatrzymani cudzoziemcy mieli rosyjskie🇷🇺wizy turystyczne i pracownicze wydane w ostatnim czasie. Na Białoruś przyjechali z Moskwy zorganizowanym transportem. pic.twitter.com/EodC9X3S5O
"The detained foreigners had Russian tourist visas and work permits issued recently. They arrived in Belarus from Moscow by organised transport," the statement says.
Background:
- Poland has deployed several thousand more military personnel to the border with Belarus.
- Maciej Wąsik, Poland's deputy interior minister, said on Monday that Russia and Belarus are organising another campaign for the influx of migrants to the European Union via the Polish border to destabilise the region.
- Latvia also reported increased attempts of illegal border crossing from Belarus.
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