{"id":112854,"date":"2024-11-06T17:25:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T14:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/112854\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"russia-opens-criminal-probe-into-illegal-migration-of-140-syrians-through-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/112854\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia opens criminal probe into illegal migration of 140 Syrians through Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 6, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Russian Investigative Committee says it has opened a criminal case against an organized crime group that operated an illegal migration channel from Syria to the European Union (EU) through Russia and Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 140 Syrians paid several million Russian rubles for its services, it says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Investigative Committee is also looking into other cases of illegal migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The migration crisis at the Belarusian-EU border has been ongoing since the spring of 2021. Poland and the Baltic states call it a hybrid attack organized by Minsk and Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/facebook.com-GpkGovBY-1128-granica-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/facebook.com-GpkGovBY-1128-granica-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/facebook.com-GpkGovBY-1128-granica-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/facebook.com-GpkGovBY-1128-granica-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/facebook.com-GpkGovBY-1128-granica-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/facebook.com-GpkGovBY-1128-granica.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarusian official: migrants surged to EU after it promised to shelter Afghans<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 6, Pozirk. The European Union&#039;s migration crisis has been dragging on since 2015, when the bloc\u2019s officials encouraged migration in hopes of attracting foreign labor force, Anton By\u010dko\u016dski, spokesman for the State Border Committee, has told journalists in Minsk. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/112827\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 6, Pozirk. The Russian Investigative Committee says it has opened a criminal case against an organized crime group that operated an illegal migration channel from Syria to the European Union (EU) through Russia and Belarus. At least 140 Syrians paid several million Russian rubles for its services, it says. The Investigative Committee is also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":78986,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-112854","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russia opens criminal probe into illegal migration of 140 Syrians through Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 6, Pozirk. 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