The editorial team at Niezalezna.pl has confirmed this information through sources close to institutions responsible for national security. We have also analyzed documents that clearly show that on May 18 — election Sunday — as many as 78 individuals crossed the border from Belarus into Poland illegally. The following day, May 19, over 50 more crossed. What’s more, on May 19, the Border Guard failed to apprehend any of the individuals who had entered Poland the day before.
No Information from the Border Guard
The Border Guard withheld these drastic figures from their official statements. “From May 16–18, over 520 attempts to illegally cross the border from Belarus into Poland were recorded. Three individuals were detained for aiding the crossings. Two people received assistance. Stones were thrown at Polish patrols, and a Border Guard vehicle was damaged,” the agency reported — with no mention of any migrants actually succeeding in crossing the border.
A similar pattern can be seen in the statement covering Monday, May 19: “Over 190 attempts to illegally cross the border were recorded. One person was detained for aiding the crossing. Two individuals received assistance. Stones were thrown at Polish patrols.”
More details were released in the May 20 statement — once the statistics became more favorable. On Tuesday, the agency reported 300 illegal crossing attempts, detentions for aiding the crossings, injuries, and the number of people actively being pursued. As of May 20, nine individuals were being sought.
Looking back at previous statements, the agency regularly included figures showing how many people had managed to cross and were being sought — that is, “measures are being taken to apprehend them.”
Tear Gas, Gunshots, and Injuries
But that’s far from the whole story. The Border Guard also failed to report a dramatic incident that took place on May 20. Faced with an aggressive group — including citizens of Afghanistan and Pakistan — attempting to breach the border, officers were forced to use tear gas. Dozens of warning shots were fired, and a Polish soldier required medical attention after being hit by a rock.
Illegal migrants are also using more advanced equipment than before. They are now equipped with powerful gasoline-powered saws. Naturally, none of this was mentioned in the Border Guard’s official statements.
We asked the spokesperson for the Podlaskie Division of the Border Guard about the large number of people who managed to cross the border on May 18 and 19.
“Everything Is Recorded”
“Everything is accounted for. If a person isn’t detained at the border strip, they are apprehended further inland. In 98 percent of cases, they are identified,” Major Katarzyna Zdanowicz told Niezalezna.pl.
That piqued our interest. Why not 100 percent? “Those 2 percent — please remember, there are patrols further inland…” she attempted to explain. She also noted that the Podlaskie Division does not include data on people being sought for illegal border crossings.
“Please direct your questions to the General Command. The barrier won’t stop everyone. It helps, it slows down illegal crossings. These people are apprehended either at the border or further inland,” she said.
We reached out to the Border Guard’s national spokesperson by phone and email, but have not received a response as of now.
Government: “Minimal Numbers”
Given all this, the statement by Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski on May 21 (Wednesday) is deeply concerning. During an EU-Africa ministerial meeting, Sikorski was asked about Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Tuesday appearance on TVP Info. Tusk said he had informed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that Poland would not accept any migrants from across its western border. “I will be ready to close the border,” Tusk declared.
In Brussels, Sikorski stated that currently, 98 percent of migrant border crossing attempts into Poland end in failure. “So the number of migrants passing through Poland to Germany is currently negligible,” the Foreign Minister said.