The services presented shocking findings on the identity of some of the migrants crossing the Polish-Belarusian border. One in four of those verified has dangerous connections or a criminal past.
“Since August we have had about 9400 attempts to cross the Polish-Belarusian border, in 8200 cases it was thwarted. We have about 1,200 detained illegal migrants,” said Mariusz Kamiński, the Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration.
According to the service, several hundred illegal immigrants have been verified, with 2/3 to be further insightful verification.
“Twenty-five percent have dangerous connections, and one in ten have possible connections to terrorist organizations or criminal offenses. Some of the people were supposed to be connected with military formations,” said Stanisław Żaryn, a spokesman for the service.
“20 percent had associations to Russian territory,” he added.
Today there was a joint press conference of Minister of the Interior and Administration Mariusz Kamiński, Minister of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak, and Commander in Chief of the Border Guard. During it, shocking photos found on the phones of immigrants were presented. The findings of the Polish services, pointing to the connection of these people to terrorist organizations, were also presented.