A group of migrants was arrested by Polish officers after they destroyed a section of border fence and forced their way into the country this week.
The incident unfolded on Wednesday morning near Usnarz Górny, a Polish village on the border with Belarus.
"About six people threw several logs of wood at the border security. The migrants threw stones in the direction of the Border Guard and Army officers, and their actions were assisted by Belarusian service officers. Additional Border Guard, Polish Army and Police patrols were directed to the area," the Polish Border Guard explained in a statement.
Dziś cudzoziemcy koczujący po str.białoruskiej na wysokości m. Usnarz Górny siłowo forsowali granicę.Osoby rzuciły kłody drzewa na zabezpieczenia graniczne.Rzucali kamieniami w stronę funkcjonariuszy SG i #żołnierzeWP, ich działaniom asystowały służby🇧🇾
— Straż Graniczna (@Straz_Graniczna) October 20, 2021
👉https://t.co/OjijObUdBm pic.twitter.com/5BXLs99Atj
For those who think that the migrants on the Belarus border are just "poor refugees" - they are in Belarus legally.
— Fortress Evropa 🇵🇱 (@FortressEvropa) October 20, 2021
Assisted by Belarusian authorities, they attack the Polish border & our security forces.
Then when they're arrested, they start crying.https://t.co/3CAdGFczi8
damaged fence (as seen in the video I linked earlier) at which point they were arrested by Polish soldiers & Border Guards.
— Fortress Evropa 🇵🇱 (@FortressEvropa) October 20, 2021
These people don't care about laws and are abusing the system, so why would anyone want to let them into their country?
At least 16 migrants ultimately forced their way across the border, some wielding axes and knives.
"Direct coercive measures including gas were used against migrants destroying border security," the Border Guard said.
The illegal aliens were quickly rounded up and returned to the Belarusian side of the border.
Nearly 23,000 illegal border crossings have been thwarted by Polish authorities so far this year, including 11,300 in the past three weeks alone.
Wczoraj tj.20.10 na granicy🇵🇱🇧🇾odnotowano 600 prób nielegalnego przekroczenia granicy. Zatrzymano 19 nielegalnych imigrantów: 16 ob.Iraku, 2 ob.Indii i ob.Syrii. Pozostałym próbom funkcjonariusze SG zapobiegli.
— Straż Graniczna (@Straz_Graniczna) October 21, 2021
W tym miesiącu takich prób było 11,3 tys., w tym roku - 22,9 tys. pic.twitter.com/Bdb5bvMUJh
The substantial uptick in migrant traffic came after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko threatened to allow aliens and drugs to flood Europe amid fraying diplomatic ties with the E.U. earlier this year.
The Polish parliament recently passed laws that would allow border agents to quickly eject illegal aliens, even if they attempt to claim asylum.
Lawmakers also gave the green light for construction of a new high-tech physical barrier along the border with Belarus and other measures to prevent mass migration into the country.
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