2023-09-04 13:26:37
A group of 40 foreigners was detained in Kolodischi (Minsk district) by the regional office of citizenship and migration with the support of riot police, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on September 4.
It is not known when the group of irregular migrants was detained, but they have already been brought to administrative responsibility. A decision was also taken on their forced deportation from Belarus. At the same time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that 14 people did not have documents, so they were detained for identification purposes.
According to the information of the agency, the foreigners, not having visas, arrived in the country from Russia by ground transport, then planned to go to Latvia.
“An inspection is being conducted to establish the organizer of the illegal migration channel,” the report says.
Over the past day, EU countries have prevented 62 migrants from the territory of Belarus from entering the EU illegally, since the beginning of September – 203, and this year – 28,972. On August 28, the ministers of internal affairs of Poland and the Baltic countries identified the mass breakthrough of irregular migrants as one of the reasons for the complete closure of the EU border. with Belarus. The migration crisis at the border of Belarus and the EU countries began in the spring of 2021.
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