Two bodies were recovered by the authorities of the Bug river on the border of Poland with the Bélarus. They are supposed to be migrant men who had tried to cross the border in Poland.
Investigators lead an autopsy to determine the identity and cause of the deaths of the bodies, which were significantly decomposed when they were found, according to Katarzyna Gągolińska of the Biała Podlaska police.
The Polish border guard says that nearly 300 attempts were made to cross the Polish-Bilarus border in the province of Lublin since the start of this year.
Dariusz Sienicki, captain of the Bug River border guard unit, says there is an upward trend compared to a year earlier. In 2024, around 530 would have tried to cross the border illegally, said the border guard.
In the past 24 hours, the border guard has saved 13 people from the Bug river in another city in the province of Lublin. They were citizens of Afghanistan, Syria and Pakistan, said Sienicki.
The Polish Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Maciej Duszczyk alleged that the bodies “were people pushed into the water by the Belarusian services” in mid-March. He said it is a tactic used as provocation by Bélarus.
Warsaw accused his neighbor of Belarus Purify asylum seekers African and Middle East countries and pushing them to the Polish border to sow chaos and destabilize Poland.
The authorities say that it is a reprisals of the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko for sanctions imposed by the EU. They say that he gives cooperation orders with Russian President Vladimir Putin to punish the EU on his support for Ukraine.
At the end of March, Poland temporarily suspended the right of migrants arriving via its border with the Bélarus to request asylum.
This legislation was largely criticized by human rights groupswho fears that he can worsen a current humanitarian crisis.
The border area is known for its dangerous terrain and difficult conditions, including exposure to icy winter temperatures and its inadequate access to food, shelter and help.
Associated with physical barriers imposed by the Polish government, the forest has become a trap for people traveling on the border, often causing a large number of injuries, disappearances and deaths.
