Migrants in a camp on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region on 20 November 2021 (AFP)
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SULAIMANI — Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said
on Wednesday (December 1) that a three-month ban has been imposed on entry of
unauthorized individuals to areas bordering Belarus that will come into force
on Thursday.
"From tomorrow, three decrees concerning the protection of
the eastern border will come into force. The most important of these is the ban
on staying in the area where the state of emergency was still in force,” Kaminski
said in a tweet.
According to a decree published on Tuesday night, the ban
will be applied to 183 populated areas, located within 3 km from the border
with Belarus.
In response to increased influx of migrants, Poland imposed
a 30-day state of emergency on the border sector with Belarus on September 2,
to be later extended to 60 days until December 2, to prevent anyone except
border guards and other security forces from reaching the area.
Thousands of people from Iraq and the Kurdistan Region are
currently waiting on Belarus’ border with Poland, caught between Belarusian
authorities trying to use them against European countries that have been
critical of Minsk’s human rights records and European Union countries trying to
prevent irregular migration.
(NRT Digital Media)