Event 580

{
  "attack_type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Belarus",
    "Poland"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple senior Polish officials are quoted on record, corroborated by recent border statistics and operational measures; consistent reporting of similar events in the region increases confidence.",
  "countries": [
    "Poland",
    "Belarus"
  ],
  "country": "Poland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "The Polish-Belarusian border has come under increasing pressure in recent weeks as Poland faces a renewed influx of migrants, with officials accusing Belarus (with alleged Russian backing) of pushing asylum seekers toward the border as part of a hybrid operation.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-09-27T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Polish Defence Minister stated migration pressure has increased at the border in recent weeks",
    "More than 2,500 irregular border crossings have been recorded so far in September",
    "Polish officials allege that Belarus, in collusion with Moscow, is orchestrating the border crossings by pushing asylum seekers towards the border",
    "Prime Minister Tusk: 'It is Russia and Belarus behind this procedure, and [...] the whole world calls it a hybrid war.'"
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "The Polish-Belarusian border has come under increasing pressure in recent weeks, and the situation is becoming more serious, Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (PSL, EPP) said on Thursday.",
    "The situation is serious. The pressure on the border has increased in recent weeks. After July and August, which were relatively calm months, September increased the number of illegal border crossings.",
    "more than 2,500 irregular border crossings have been recorded so far in September and more than 26,000 in the last nine months, as many as in the whole of 2023.",
    "It is Russia and Belarus behind this procedure, and […] the whole world calls it a hybrid war. We will not back down,"
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2371829/poland-faces-renewed-migration-pressure-at-border-with-belarus"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Weaponized Migrants",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Polish Defence Minister stated migration pressure has increased at the border in recent weeks",
            "More than 2,500 irregular border crossings have been recorded so far in September",
            "Polish officials allege that Belarus, in collusion with Moscow, is orchestrating the border crossings by pushing asylum seekers towards the border",
            "Prime Minister Tusk: 'It is Russia and Belarus behind this procedure, and [...] the whole world calls it a hybrid war.'"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "LV-BY"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Poland faces renewed migration pressure at border with Belarus",
  "location_text": "Polish-Belarusian border, eastern Podlasie region",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_580_1763931589_906c5c1f.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2371829/poland-faces-renewed-migration-pressure-at-border-with-belarus"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Poland is facing renewed migration pressure at its border with Belarus, with officials recording thousands of irregular crossings and attributing the increase to orchestrated hybrid operations by Belarus and Russia.",
  "url": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2371829/poland-faces-renewed-migration-pressure-at-border-with-belarus"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "LV-BY",
  "Attack Type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "PL",
  "Date": "27-Sep-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Migrant pressure at ?? PL-??BY border, 26,000 in 9 months",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2371829/poland-faces-renewed-migration-pressure-at-border-with-belarus",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}