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1. Polish Border Guard soldier is seriously injured in an incident among a surge in migrants trying to cross the EU border from Belarus.
   2024-05-29 11:45:39 (First version)
2. A Polish Border Guard soldier is seriously injured in an incident among a surge in migrants trying to cross the EU border from Belarus.
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