{"id":92306,"date":"2024-06-24T12:50:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T09:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92306\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"security-chief-denies-belarusian-officers-involvement-in-migrant-attacks","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92306\/","title":{"rendered":"Security chief denies Belarusian agents\u2019 involvement in migrant attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 24, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Alaksandar Valfovi\u010d, state secretary of Belarus’ Security Council, denied accusations that Minsk is “pushing migrants to inflict some damage, primarily on the Polish side” in an interview broadcast by Belarus 1<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Belarusian side is not taking any steps. We protect our border,” he said. However, the state television channel did not ask and he did comment why third-country foreigners arrive in the border area and stay there unhindered and why Belarusian border guards do not interfere with their attempts to force their entry into neighboring countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valfovi\u010d denied a surge in migrant traffic and accused Belarus’ western neighbors of \u201cstirring up tensions” as part of what he called shortsighted policy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, Belarusian border guards have repeatedly accused their European counterparts of mistreating migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poland and Baltic states perceive the ongoing migration crisis at the Belarusian-EU border as a “hybrid attack,” orchestrated by Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 6, Warsaw reported the death of Mateusz Sitek, a private of the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade stabbed at the border with Belarus on May 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The soldier was reportedly attacked by a person trying to cross the border illegally with a large group of migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A week later, Poland enacted a 90-day border area entry ban at shared border with Belarus, cutting illegal crossing attempts by 30 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the start of 2024, the EU has thwarted about 22,200 illegal border crossings on its shared border with Belarus, with 19,500 attempts via Poland alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poland considers closing all crossing with Belarus in response to a surge in illegal migration, Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski said last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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