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Poland orders an increase in the number of soldiers near its border with Belarus after the Polish Ministry of National Defence says two Belarusian helicopters that were carrying out training exercises violated its airspace.
2023-08-1

Poland advises its citizens to leave Belarus by "commercial or private means" amid deteriorating relations between the two countries.
2022-10-10

The Senate of Poland approves a plan to construct an estimated 353 million (US$407 million) wall along the country's border with Belarus, in response to an influx of migrants.
2021-10-29

Poland increases the number of soldiers deployed on its border with Belarus from 6,000 to "about 10,000" in order to prevent the flow of further illegal crossings by Middle Eastern migrants being flown in by the Belarusian government. The troop surge comes after two border guards were hospitalized over the weekend after a group of 70 migrants stormed a section of the border.
2021-10-26

Poland accuses Russia and Belarus of "orchestrating a wave of illegal immigration" after four people were found dead yesterday at the Polish–Belarusian border.
2021-09-20

Poland declares a state of emergency on its border with Belarus amid an increase in illegal migration. The Polish Border Guard says that there were around 3,500 attempts to illegally cross the border in August, 2,500 of which were not successful.
2021-09-2

Poland announces that it will build a wall on its border with Belarus in order to stop the flow of migrants entering the country through Belarus.
2021-08-23

Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya loses a bid to continue competing in the games as she was granted a humanitarian visa by Poland while the International Olympic Committee begins an investigation. Tsimanouskaya, who refused to fly back to Belarus, entered the Polish embassy in Tokyo on Sunday and requested temporary asylum in Japan. Japanese foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi assured Tsimanouskaya that Japan had taken measures to protect her.
2021-08-3

Amidst ongoing protests against Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus abruptly closes its borders with Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine, while leaving its border with Russia open. Lukashenko insists that the move is to restrict the spread of COVID-19.
2020-10-29

Belarus expels the ambassadors from the European Union and Poland and recalls its ambassadors in Brussels and Warsaw due to the imposition of sanctions.
2012-02-28