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“It cannot be that Lukashenko’s blackmail forces us to accept anything,” Morawieckis told reporters.
Thousands of immigrants, mostly from the Middle East, have crossed or attempted to cross the borders of three EU member states bordering Belarus (Lithuania, Latvia and Poland) in recent months.
Brussels says Minsk encourages migrants to take such actions to avenge sanctions imposed on the regime, while Vilnius calls it “hybrid aggression.”
After Lithuania started converting migrants in early August, there were more reports of an increased influx of arrivals to Latvia and Poland.
The three EU countries do not allow immigrants seeking asylum, and Belarusian border guards do not allow them to return to Belarus, often leading to conflict situations.
“The border guard will not allow illegal immigrants to enter Poland,” Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Wasik told Twitter on Wednesday of a group of new arrivals staying in a temporary camp near the town of Upper Usnaž.
Wasik said people were on the “Belarusian side” and added that “the border was closed.”
At that time, the TVN24 news channel reported that these migrants had been in the area for several days and that the Polish services were feeding them.
The Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday that 2,1 thousand people had tried to cross the border between Poland and Belarus illegally before August 18. people and that 1,342 of them were reversed.
According to the ministry, on the last day alone, border guards prevented 130 attempts to cross the border and detained eight foreigners.
The government “has resisted illegal and uncontrolled migration from the beginning. “Poland does not allow people who could endanger our citizens to enter our country,” the statement said.
The ministry wants the laws to be further toughened to facilitate the deportation of newcomers and make it more difficult to challenge such actions.
In addition, the border guards are assisted by a mobilized Polish army. Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced on Wednesday that 900 soldiers are involved in the operation.
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