Tunnel discovered near the border: Migrants secretly entered the country PHOTO

The information about the discovered tunnel was announced on the social network X by Polish Minister of the Interior and Administration, Marcin Kierwiński.&ldquo;Officers of the Podlaskie Border Guard [editor&rsquo;s note] discovered a tunnel under the barrier on the Polish-Belarusian border. The tunnel began and ended about 20 meters from the actual border. Thanks to advanced electronic systems installed on the barrier, the Polish-Belarusian border is effectively protected!&rdquo; wrote the Minister of the Interior and Administration.This is the second tunnel discovered beneath the Polish-Belarusian border this year. The first was found in the area of the Narewka border crossing. Both tunnels were detected thanks to the &ldquo;advanced electronic systems&rdquo; recently installed in the area, according to local officials. ‼️ Funkcjonariusze @podlaski_sg odkryli tunel pod barierą na polsko-białoruskiej granicy. Podkop zaczynał się na 🇧🇾i kończył około 20 m od granicy po 🇵🇱 stronie. Dzięki zaawansowanym systemom elektronicznym na barierze granica polsko-białoruska jest skutecznie chroniona! pic.twitter.com/OSBovY5Mkf&mdash; Marcin Kierwiński (@MKierwinski) October 17, 2025 In July, a significant part of the Polish-Belarusian border was modernized with the installation of state-of-the-art thermal cameras.The Podlaskie Border Guard also reported that on Thursday, more than 60 attempts to illegally cross the border were recorded. Since January 2025, border officials have registered over 26,700 attempts at illegal crossings. The Polish-Belarusian border has been at the center of a migrant and humanitarian crisis on the eastern flank of the European Union since 2021.The government claims this is part of a broader strategy of &ldquo;hybrid warfare&rdquo; aimed at destabilizing the region, according to Euronews.Poland and its allies accuse the Belarusian government of fueling the crisis by bringing migrants from the Middle East and Africa into Belarus and then pushing them toward the Polish border. Poland has for years faced criticism from human rights groups for its response to illegal border crossings.Critics have particularly pointed to the alleged use of the &ldquo;pushback&rdquo; method, which returns migrants to Belarus without giving them the opportunity to apply for asylum.

Tunnel discovered near the border: Migrants secretly entered the country PHOTO

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