According to the information of the local border service, on January 5, two conductors who were transporting four Afghans and an Iranian were detained, and on January 6, another one was detained who undertook to deliver two Afghans, an Iranian and an Iraqi citizen to the territory of the European Union.

In the second case, the illegals tried to escape, but without success, reports BPN.

Over the past day, the countries of the European Union did not allow 100 migrants to cross illegally from the territory of Belarus (the day before - 130).

Since the beginning of 2023, 556 attempts of illegal penetration into the EU from the territory of Belarus have been recorded (277 in Poland, 187 in Latvia, 92 in Lithuania).

The migration crisis at the border between Belarus and EU countries began in the spring of 2021.

At first, Lithuania experienced a multiple increase in the number of illegal migrants.

After Vilnius decided not to detain migrants, but to return them to Belarus, the flow of illegal immigrants was reoriented to Poland, and then to Latvia.