Polish-Belarusian border

Belarusian and Russian officers involved in attacks on Border Guard

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The Belarusian and Russian security services are involved in frequent attacks targeting Polish patrols on Poland’s border with Belarus, a senior Polish security official has said.

EU states plan to return 6,500 asylum seekers to Poland

The EU states have filed close to 6,500 applications in 2022 to return asylum seekers to Poland, the Polish Border Guard reported on Tuesday.

First stretch of Belarus border fence gets surveillance equipment

Construction of the first stretch of an 'electronic barrier' comprised of surveillance and detection equipment on the Polish-Belarusian border has been completed.

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Poland plans to better protect border with Kaliningrad enclave

Poland will improve security on its border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad because Russia is an "unstable neighbour," a deputy interior minister has said.

Poland-Belarus border one of best protected in EU says PM

Cases of illegal crossings of the Polish border with Belarus are very rare which shows that the frontier is one of the best-protected borders in the EU, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said.

Polish soldier who defected to Belarus found ‘dead from hanging’ in Minsk apartment

According to reports by the Belarusian state news agency BELTA, Emil Czeczko was found ‘hanging at his place of residence’ in the Belarusian capital Minsk. But some suspect he was the victim of foul play.

Work on Belarus border barrier to start on Tuesday

The 5.5-metre-high barrier on Poland's border with Belarus will stretch over 186 kilometres and its construction will begin on Tuesday, the Polish Border Guard said on Monday.

Border Guard signs deals on construction of barrier at Belarus border

Poland's Border Guard has signed three contracts as part of the process of constructing a fence on the country's border with Belarus, a deputy interior minister has announced.

'No' to asylum in Poland for migrants say majority of Poles - study

The results of a new CBOS poll released on Monday reveal that 58 percent of Poles do not want migrants from the Belarusian side of the border to have an opportunity to apply for asylum in Poland.

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