German minister praises Poland for securing Belarus border

July 22, Pozirk. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has supported Warsaw’s efforts to combat irregular migration at the Belarus border, according to a report from the Polish Border Guard.
Yesterday, Dobrindt met with Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak at the Połowce-Piaščatka border crossing.
At the meeting, the ministers stressed the importance of coordination between EU member states in response to migration pressure.
Dobrindt called Poland’s actions at the border with Belarus “incredibly impressive.”
“We see how effective you are in combating illegal migration. We want the European Union to provide Poland with financial and organizational support,” the German minister said.
“Together with Germany, France, Austria, the Czech Republic and Denmark, we agreed on the EU migration policy’s direction at the migration summit in Zugspitze, Germany. Here, at the border, we are showing that our actions are concrete and effective,” Siemoniak added.
According to him, Warsaw is effectively protecting the EU’s eastern flank by taking “concrete actions on a large scale.”
Siemoniak said that the border is currently guarded by 11,000 officers, and the measures taken are 97-98 percent effective.
Yesterday, Poland announced the completion of an electronic barrier at all sections of the Belarus border that lack steel fencing.
Andrea Wiktorin completes her tenure as Germany charge d’affaires
- Economy, Politics, SecurityLithuania appeals to EU for help in returning trucks from BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsExiled politician urges Europe not to build wall for BelarusiansThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityLithuania reports a rise in irregular migration amid tensions with BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityBelarusian general blames West for tensions, avoids underlying causesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Security
- PoliticsPro-Russian influencer Alekseyev granted asylum in BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyMore Belarusians register with Poland’s ZUS system for pension and disability benefitsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsCichanoŭskaja calls for greater support for democratic forces in Belarus and MyanmarThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy, Politics, Security
- PoliticsCriminal prosecution of dissidents, censorship reported on November 27, 28The material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityBelarus sentences former Ukraine volunteer fighter Vieramiejčyk to 13 years in prisonThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsUN committee says persecution for white-red-white flags is a violation of right to hold opinionsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Security, SocietyThree Belarusians arrested in Poland on suspicion of spyingThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsMinsk outraged by Vilnius’s refusal to engageThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityBelarus-EU irregular border crossings hit four-year highThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SocietyBelarus designates 23 as extremists, three as terroristsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsBelarus designates music radio station as extremist groupThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Society
- Economy, PoliticsŁukašenka travels to Oman as part of his Asian, African tourThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyHouseholds’ disposable income up 4.5 percent in Q3 – BiełstatThe material is available only to POZIRK+

