According to recent updates shared on social media, the number of attempted illegal crossings has fallen significantly, from as many as one hundred per day to just several dozen. Incidents of aggression by migrants toward border patrols have also decreased.
Authorities attribute the improvement in part to ongoing modernization efforts along the frontier. Construction of a new technical road is nearing completion, and additional observation towers are being installed to strengthen surveillance capabilities. These upgrades form part of Poland’s broader strategy to secure its eastern border.
Despite the recent decline, the scale of attempts earlier this year underscores the continuing pressure on the region. Since January, border guards have stopped more than 29,000 illegal crossing attempts and detained nearly 300 individuals suspected of organizing such activities.
Security along the border is currently ensured by approximately 2,200 officers, supported by police and military personnel participating in the “Safe Podlasie” operation.
Meanwhile, Poland’s Minister of the Interior and Administration, Marcin Kierwiński, has signed a regulation that will reopen two road border crossings with Belarus starting Monday, 17 November, the ministry announced on Friday.
Until now, only one crossing—Terespol–Brest—has been available for passenger traffic, while Kukuryki–Kozlovichi served as the sole crossing for freight. Several railway border crossings remained open for cargo traffic: Kuźnica Białostocka–Grodno, Siemianówka–Swisłocz, and Terespol–Brest.
Under the newly signed regulation, Bobrowniki–Bierestowica will reopen for freight traffic, but only for vehicles registered in EU and EFTA countries as well as Switzerland, for passenger traffic, including buses. Kuźnica Białostocka–Bruzgi will reopen only for passenger traffic, but excluding buses.
According to the ministry, the reopening is possible thanks to what it described as tight and effective border protection.
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SOURCE: IAR